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Acute Beds

Volume 497: debated on Wednesday 14 October 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) acute and (b) critical care beds were reported in situation reports to his Department as being in use in hospitals in each week since 1 April 2009. (291860)

The requested information is contained in the following table. This is a snapshot of the number of beds available at midnight on the Thursday of the week. The availability of beds nationally will vary on an almost constant basis and therefore these figures should not be compared with data on critical care bed availability published in other formats. The data are validated locally but may be subject to revisions.

Number of acute and critical care beds, available and occupied, England, each week since April 2009

Period

Adult critical care beds at midnight on the Thursday of the reporting period

Number of neonatal critical care cots (or beds) at midnight on the Thursday of the reporting period

Number of paediatric critical care beds at midnight on the Thursday of the reporting period

Total number of acute hospital beds at midnight on the Thursday of the reporting period

Week ending:

Available

Occupied

Available

Occupied

Available

Occupied

Available

Occupied

5 April 2009

3,265

2,901

1,081

816

359

258

104,869

95,509

12 April 2009

3,282

2,852

1,076

803

378

254

101,921

88,669

19 April 2009

3,313

2,862

1,088

812

357

267

104,550

93,411

26 April 2009

3,312

2,835

1,083

801

369

262

103,495

91,977

3 May 2009

3,307

2,885

1,066

819

320

221

103,032

91,719

10 May 2009

3,373

2,855

1,108

856

367

269

103,367

93,145

17 May 2009

3,335

2,915

1,087

866

355

257

103,565

93,079

24 May 2009

3,361

2,825

1,089

854

365

258

103,495

92,682

31 May 2009

3,379

2,857

1,074

812

350

243

104,057

91,133

7 June 2009

3,279

2,911

1,085

824

374

258

103,096

92,194

14 June 2009

3,316

2,897

1,111

848

352

247

103,705

91,663

21 June 2009

3,302

2,846

1,082

830

372

264

102,918

90,883

28 June 2009

3,321

2,740

1,083

827

360

262

103,102

90,804

5 July 2009

3,318

2,789

1,099

791

364

250

103,021

91,984

12 July 2009

3,356

2,888

1,098

835

349

247

102,791

91,128

19 July 2009

3,352

2,830

1,121

820

359

236

101,699

89,175

26 July 2009

3,301

2,801

1,120

825

357

238

102,787

89,077

2 August 2009

3,319

2,748

1,114

786

360

240

102,421

87,995

9 August 2009

3,384

2,752

1,109

767

362

237

102,651

88,478

16 August 2009

3,388

2,739

1,117

761

360

244

102,415

88,532

23 August 2009

3,335

2,691

1,133

809

402

268

101,333

90,410

30 August 2009

3,329

2,683

1,125

807

389

258

102,317

88,378

6 September 2009

3,370

2,725

1,119

810

328

216

102,027

89,143

Notes:

1. Data within the ‘Weekly SitReps’ collection are subject to revision. Therefore data may differ from previous submissions.

2. Acute beds collected on the ‘Weekly SitReps’ collection is a voluntary data item.

3. Data are provided from the start of the financial year, which for SitReps means the first week is week ending 5 April 2009.

Source:

Department of Health form—Weekly SitReps