§ Mrs. DeanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the Government's review of the number of NHS beds needed satisfactorily to treat patients will also assess whether there are sufficient intensive care beds. [61534]
§ Mr. HuttonAction is already in hand to address this issue. We have commissioned the health care needs assessment of intensive care and will be carrying out a census of intensive care beds next spring. This work will run in parallel with and, where appropriate, feed into, the national beds inquiry.