§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were available for use within the Ashford and St. Peters hospital NHS trust on 1 January(a) 1999, (b) 2000, (c) 2001 and (d) 2002. [31588]
§ Ms BlearsThe number of beds available for use on the 1 January for the requested years at Ashford and St. Peter's hospitals national health service trust is not centrally available.
An average daily number of available beds in each financial year is collected and the information for the trust is given in the table. An available bed is defined as open and staffed at midnight and is ready to take a patient or has a patient occupying the bed.
Average daily number of available beds, wards open overnight1, Ashford and St. Peter's Hospital NHS Trust, 1998–99 to 2000–01
Year Total number of available beds 2000–01 633 1999–2000 612 1998–99 612 1 ie 24 hours Source:
KH03—Bed availability and occupancy