NHS Plan (Hansard, 25 February 2002)

HC Deb 25 February 2002 vol 380 c1022W 1022W

§ Dr. Murrison
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made towards providing the additional intermediate care beds announced in the NHS Plan. [35410]

§ Jacqui Smith
The NHS Plan set a target of 5,000 extra national health service intermediate-care beds by March 2004, over the baseline of 1999–2000.
A survey undertaken last summer indicates that by the end of this year (2001–02) we shall have 2,400 extra beds.