§ Mr. BoswellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what statistics he collates on(a) the availability of specialist rehabilitation beds in NHS hospitals, (b) their occupancy and (c) the explanations for voids. [48816]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 17 April 2002]: Specialist rehabilitation beds are included in wards categorised as 'Other general and acute' and are not counted separately in the annual collection of KH03—`Bed availability and occupancy'.
Information on general rehabilitation beds was collected on the winter bed census. There were 7,269 open and staffed beds as at 29 November 2001. Occupancy was not included as part of this census.