Health written question – answered at on 29 February 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acute hospital beds per head of population there were in (a) the former Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority area, (b) the East of England Strategic Health Authority area, (c) the former Suffolk West Primary Care Trust area and (d) Suffolk Primary Care Trust area in each year since 1997.
Information is not available in the format requested. The following table shows the average daily number of available acute beds per 100,000 population for the period 2002-03 to 2006-07 for the organisations requested. Acute bed numbers will go down over time because of changes to the way services are delivered in the national health service (for instance, more services being provided in the community).
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) | East of England SHA | Suffolk West Primary Care Trust | |
2002-03 | 213.3 | 167.9 | 2.8 |
2003-04 | 218.7 | 172.2 | 0 |
2004-05 | 211.5 | 171.7 | 0 |
2005-06 | 198.0 | 162.8 | 0 |
2006-07 | n/a | 154.4 | n/a |
n/a = not applicable Notes: Due to SHA reconfigurations, data from prior to 2002-03 are not available at SHA level. East of England SHA was created in October 2006 following the merger of three SHAs (Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA, Essex SHA and Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA). Population data for mid-year 2007 and beds data for 2007-08 are not yet available. Suffolk West PCF only provided acute beds in 2002-03. They subsequently provided only geriatric beds. Suffolk West PCT was formed at the start of 2002-03 from Bury St. Edmonds PCG. The old organisation did not provide any beds. Suffolk PCT was formed in October 2006 from the merger of Suffolk Coastal PCT, Ipswich PCT, Central Suffolk PCT and Suffolk West PCT. Suffolk PCT does not provide any acute beds. Figures for 2002-03 to 2005-06 have been updated using revised population statistics issued by the Office for National Statistics. Source: Department of Health form KH03 and Office for National Statistics for population data. |
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