HC Deb 23 January 1996 vol 270 c158W
Mrs. Peacock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many adult intensive care beds were available in each health area in Yorkshire in each of the last 15 years; and what was their occupancy rate. [10326]

Mr. Horam

Available information on the average daily number of adult intensive care beds, for 1988–89 to 1994–95, is published annually in "Bed availability for England", copies of which are available in the Library. Information on bed occupancy rates is not available centrally.

Mrs. Peacock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many intensive care beds for children were available in each health area in Yorkshire in each of the last 15 years; and what was their occupancy rate. [10362]

Mr. Horam

This information is not available centrally. The national health service executive arranged for Sheffield children's hospital to co-ordinate the monitoring of occupancy and demand for beds at 17 paediatric intensive care units in England for the period to 31 March.