§ Mr. WilshireTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) intensive care beds, (b) high dependence beds, (c) medical beds and (d) acute surgery beds there were at Ashford (Middlesex) Hospital on 31 December of each year from 1997. [160368]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on beds is collected on a trust basis from national health service organisations. Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust (RTK) opened in April 1998.
Information on critical care beds is collected at two census points during the year. The number of intensive care and high dependency beds on the census day for Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust is shown in table 1.
Table 1: Number of critical care beds on census day, Ashford and st.Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust Census date Intensive care High dependency Total 31 March 1999 10 0 10 30 september 1999 10 0 10 15 January 2000 10 0 10 14 July 2000 7 3 10 15 January 2001 8 9 17 16 July 2001 7 9 16 15 January 2002 7 9 16 16 July 2002 8 9 17 15 January 2003 7 9 16 16 July 2003 8 9 17 15 January 2004 7 9 16 Source:
Department of Health form KH03a.Information on beds is collected annually. The average daily number of available beds for Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust is shown in table 2.
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Table 2: Average daily number of available beds, by sector, Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust,1997–98 to 2002–03 All specialities(excluding day only) General and Acute Acute Geriatric Mental illness Learning disability Maternity Day only 1997–98 — — — — — — — — 1998–99 612 549 549 0 0 0 63 43 1999–2000 612 549 549 0 0 0 63 46 2000–01 633 571 571 0 0 0 63 46 2001–02 667 604 604 0 0 0 63 46 2002–03 620 560 560 0 0 0 60 58 Source:
Department of Health form KH03.