HC Deb 12 January 2000 vol 342 cc198-9W
Dr. Iddon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many paediatric intensive care beds are available in each NHS region; and if he will list the hospitals at which they are provided, indicating the numbers in each case. [104031]

Yvette Cooper

[holding answer 10 January 2000]: The table shows hospitals within each National Health Service region providing paediatric intensive care in January 2000.

Hospitals providing paediatric intensive care beds
NHS Region Number of beds provided
Trent region
Leicester Royal Infirmary 8
Glenfield Hospital 5
Queens Medical Centre Nottingham 6
Sheffield Children's Hospital 7
London Region
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children 30
St. Mary's Hospital 8
Royal Brompton/Harefield NHS Trust 7
Guy's Hospital 16
Kings College Hospital 6
St. George's Hospital 5
Lewisham Hospital 3
South West Region
United Bristol Healthcare Trust 16
Eastern Region
Addenbrookes NHS Trust (Cambridge) 8
North West Region
Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital (Alder Hey) 21
Manchester Children's Hospital 24
Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery 3
South East Region
Southampton University Hospitals Trust 7
John Radcliffe Hospital (Oxford) 5
Royal Alexandra Hospital (Brighton) 1
West Midlands Region
Birmingham Children's Hospital 18
North Staffordshire NHS Trust 8

Hospitals providing paediatric intensive care beds
NHS Region Number of beds provided
Northern and Yorkshire Region
Leeds General Infirmary 13
St. James' Hospital (Leeds) 2
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Trust 19
Hull Royal Infirmary 2
South Tees Hospital NHS Trust 5