§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many continuing or long-stay care beds were commissioned by each health authority in each year since 1993. [1333]
§ Mr. BoatengData are collected by broad ward classification rather than by clinical specialty in returns by individual National Health Service providers rather than by health authority. The complete set of data is available from the Library in the publication "Bed Availability for England" but there is no separate classification of continuing care or long stay care beds. One of the actions we have already taken is to ask officials to review the collection of continuing care commissioning data by health and local authorities.