Lord Chancellor written question – answered at on 28 February 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent assessment is of acute hospital bed availability in (a) Worcestershire, (b) Gloucestershire, (c) Herefordshire, (d) Warwickshire and (e) Birmingham; and if he will make a statement.
The number of available acute beds at midnight on
NHS Trust | Total acute beds |
---|---|
(a) Worcestershire | |
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust | 764 |
Worcestershire Community & Mental Health NHS Trust | 101 |
Gloucestershire | |
East Gloucestershire NHS Trust | 632 |
Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust | 695 |
Severn NHS Trust | 7 |
(c) Herefordshire | |
Hereford Hospitals NHS Trust | 303 |
(d) Warwickshire | |
George Elliot Hospital NHS Trust | 362 |
North Warwickshire NHS Trust | 28 |
South Warwickshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust | 30 |
South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust | 391 |
(e) Birmingham | |
Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust | 194 |
Birmingham Heartlands & Solihull NHS Trust | 1,168 |
Birmingham Specialist Community Health NHS Trust | 6 |
Birmingham Women's Healthcare NHS Trust | 92 |
City Hospital NHS Trust | 653 |
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust | 471 |
Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust | 38 |
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust | 1,042 |
Source: DoH winter bed census.
The number of acute beds in the table includes adult and children's acute beds, critical care beds, specialist beds, special care baby cots, beds in assessment and admission units and beds in observation wards (if available to admit patients to). Some categories of acute beds—such as obstetrics and day care beds—are not included in the Department of Health winter bed census figures quoted but have formerly been included in calculations of acute capacity.
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