§ Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) of 27 November 2001,Official Report, columns 859–60W, on the Rural White Paper, how many 623W (a)primary care one-stop or mobile units and(b)intermediate care beds have been made available in 2001–02; and how many will be made available in each financial year until 2004. [20031]
§ Ms Blears[holding answer 3 December 2001]: Data on the number of rural one-stop centres and mobile service units will be collected from next year.
A recent survey indicates growth of around 1,000 national health service intermediate care beds during the course of this year. Further growth of 1,300 beds is planned in each of the next two years in order to meet the NHS Plan target of an extra 5,000 intermediate care beds by 2003–04, compared to the 1999–2000 baseline.