AQW 37107/11-15
Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry
Tabled Date: 07/10/2014
Answered On Date: 22/10/2014
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail (i) the number of community hospitals currently being used to capacity; and (ii) the number of Health Service beds in use in private nursing facilities, in each of the last three years.
Answer:
(i) Information on the average number of occupied and available beds within community hospitals is published on an annual basis in the Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics: Inpatient and Day Case Activity publication (Table 2a) and is available to view or download from: http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/stats_research/hospital-stats/inpatients.htm (ii) Information on the number of Health Service beds in use in private nursing facilities is not collected centrally and was requested from the five Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts. Their responses are detailed in Table 1 below. Table 1: Health Service Beds in Use in Private Nursing Facilities HSC Trust | 2013/14 | 2012/13 | 2011/12 | Belfast | 42* | 42 | 29 | Northern | - | - | - | South Eastern | 80 | 76 | 60 | Southern | - | - | - | Western | - | - | - |
* Refers to 1 April 2013 to 31 January 2014 ‘-‘ Denotes information could not be provided.
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