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Intensive Care

Volume 468: debated on Monday 26 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many intensive care beds were available on average in each year since 1997; and what the average occupancy rates were. (166082)

The requested information is in the following table.

Average daily available, occupied, and occupancy rate of intensive care beds for England between1996-97 and 2006-07

Year

Ward type

Intensive care beds available

Intensive care beds occupied

Occupancy rate (occupied/ available x100 per cent.) of intensive care beds

1996-97

Neonates

1,524

1,075

70.54

Paediatric

233

174

74.68

Wholly or mainly adult

2,428

1,747

71.95

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

4,185

2,996

71.59

1997-98

Neonates

1,530

1,052

68.76

Paediatric

265

201

75.85

Wholly or mainly adult

2,417

1,727

71.45

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

4,212

2,980

70.75

1998-99

Neonates

1,525

1,079

70.75

Paediatric

273

194

71.06

Wholly or mainly adult

2,438

1,829

75.02

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

4,236

3,102

73.23

1999-2000

Neonates

1,534

1,101

71.77

Paediatric

282

195

69.15

Wholly or mainly adult

2,531

1,934

76.41

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

4,347

3,230

74.30

2000-01

Neonates

1,517

1,092

71.98

Paediatric

290

208

71.72

Wholly or mainly adult

2,700

2,083

77.15

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

4,507

3,383

75.06

2001-02

Neonates

1,543

1,088

70.51

Paediatric

303

205

67.66

Wholly or mainly adult

3,093

2,393

77.37

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

4,939

3,686

74.63

2002-03

Neonates

1,551

1,081

69.70

Paediatric

254

165

64.96

Wholly or mainly adult

3,216

2,511

78.08

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

5,021

3,757

74.83

2003-04

Neonates

1,491

1,084

72.70

Paediatric

239

164

68.62

Wholly or mainly adult

3,283

2,635

80.26

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

5,013

3,883

77.46

2004-05

Neonates

1,523

1,120

73.54

Paediatric

283

201

71.02

Wholly or mainly adult

3,417

2,763

80.86

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

5,223

4,084

78.19

2005-06

Neonates

1,688

1,196

70.85

Paediatric

321

236

73.52

Wholly or mainly adult

3,454

2,734

79.15

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

5,463

4,166

76.26

2006-07

Neonates

1,658

1,233

74.37

Paediatric

335

246

73.43

Wholly or mainly adult

3,622

2,918

80.56

Total (neonates + paediatric + adult)

5,615

4,397

78.31

Source:

Department of Health form kh03