§ Dr. FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if the 30 November bed census will include an audit of the number of beds in(a) mixed sex wards and (b) nightingale wards. [16839]
§ Ms BlearsThe bed census scheduled for Friday 30 November is part of preparations for winter and will compare the number of general and acute beds in the national health service with numbers at the same time last year. It will inform the winter plan which is due for publication in December. The census will not collect information on mixed sex wards or nightingale wards.
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