§ Syd RapsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds there were in the Royal Berkshire and Battle hospitals in Reading in May 1997; how many there are now; and how many are forecast for June 2004. [1605]
§ Ms BlearsBed statistics are collected by National Health Service trusts, not by individual hospital sites. Figures on the average daily number of beds for each NHS trust are published annually in "Bed Availability and Occupancy: England", copies of which are in the Library.
Forecast figures at trust/health authority level are not collected centrally. The NHS Plan states an increase of 2,100 general and acute beds for England by 2004.