§ Mr. LuffTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent assessment is of acute hospital bed availability in(a) Worcestershire, (b) Gloucestershire, (c) Herefordshire, (d) Warwickshire and (e) Birmingham; and if he will make a statement. [23086]
§ Yvette CooperThe number of available acute beds at midnight on 29 November 2001 in National Health Service Trusts in the areas listed is given in the table:
Available acute beds at midnight on 29 November 2001 NHS Trust Total acute beds (a) Worcestershire Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 764 Worcestershire Community & Mental Health NHS Trust 101 Gloucestershire East Gloucestershire NHS Trust 632 Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust 695 Severn NHS Trust 7 (c) Herefordshire Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust 303 (d) Warwickshire George Elliot Hospital NHS Trust 362 North Warwickshire NHS Trust 28 South Warwickshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust 30 South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust 391 (e) Birmingham Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust 194 Birmingham Heartlands & Solihull NHS Trust 1,168 Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust 6 Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust 92 City Hospital NHS Trust 653 Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust 471 Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust 38 University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust 1,042 Source: DoH winter bed census.
The number of acute beds in the table includes adult and children's acute beds, critical care beds, specialist beds, special care baby cots, beds in assessment and admission units and beds in observation wards (if 1559W available to admit patients to). Some categories of acute beds—such as obstetrics and day care beds-are not included in the Department of Health winter bed census figures quoted but have formerly been included in calculations of acute capacity.