AQW 44227/11-15

Mr Stewart Dickson
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 26/03/2015
Answered On Date: 09/04/2015
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety for his assessment of the prudence of Health and Social Care Trusts measuring the number of patients treated in corridor beds, and the duration of time spent in a corridor bed.

Answer:

My Department has no plans at present to collect such data centrally. Health and Social Care Trusts will be fully aware if patients are waiting in non-designated beds in corridors. I expect Trusts to ensure that any such patients are transferred to a designated ward bed as soon as possible.