HC Deb 16 November 1983 vol 48 c462W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many beds in each health authority in Wales have been kept unoccupied for the past three months, six months and 12 months.

Mr. Wyn Roberts

Information on bed occupation is obtained from nightly bed counts, the results of which are averaged over a quarterly period. It is not possible to derive from this the length of time for which any particular bed has remained unoccupied.