§ Mr. Ronnie CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were available in the National Health Service in each year since 1997 in(a) Northumberland health authority and (b) Cheviot and Wansbeck Hospital. [157293]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on bed numbers is collected annually from National Health Service trusts and not by individual hospital or health authority. The table shows the average daily number of available beds in NHS trusts within Northumberland health authority.
§ Mr. HuttonThe table shows the average daily number of available beds and the change in the number of beds in National Health Service trusts within Northumberland health authority area.
§ Yvette CooperResearch indicates that pre-term babies are more susceptible to severe respiratory illness than healthy full term babies. The illness is often caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), for which there is at present no active vaccine. However there is increasing use of an immune globulin, which can be given by 607W injectioneach month, to try to prevent this illness in very vulnerable babies.