HC Deb 14 November 2000 vol 356 cc605-6W
Mr. Ruffley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital beds are being blocked by patients fit enough to be moved out of hospital(a) in the Suffolk Health Authority and (b) in the West Suffolk NHS Hospital Trust. [138411]

Ms Stuart

The quarterly monitoring figures for second quarter of 2000 show that Suffolk Health Authority had 165 patients over the age of 75, who were ready for discharge but still occupying a hospital bed.Source: Common Information Core Quarterly monitoring returns based on health authority quarterly activity