§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were turned away from coronary care units, in the last recorded year, through lack of space.
§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is not available centrally. Any hospital that takes acute admissions will have coronary care facilities, and if a patient needing those facilities cannot be accommodated in a coronary care unit for any reason they will normally be accommodated in an acute medical ward where they will receive the same treatment and care as they would in a coronary care unit.
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many coronary care unit beds there were in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. SackvilleThis information is not routinely collected centrally. Figures based on the latest information available indicated that in 1991 there were at least 879 coronary care beds and 356 high dependency beds in England.