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 2008-09 for the former Norfolk Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority (SHA), the East of England SHA which was created on 1 October 2006, following the merger of three previous SHA (Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA, Essex SHA and Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA), the former Suffolk West PCT and Suffolk Primary Care Trust (PCT).
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA East of England SHA Suffolk West PCT Suffolk PCT 2002-03 213.3 n/a 2.8 n/a 2003-04 218.7 n/a 1— n/a 2004-05 211.5 n/a 1— n/a 2005-06 198.0 n/a 1— n/a 2006-07 n/a 154.4 n/a 1— 2007-08 n/a 150.6 n/a 1— 2008-09 n/a 148.5 n/a 1— 1 Denotes zero Notes: 1. Due to SHA reconfigurations, data from prior to 2002-03 are not available at SHA level. 2 Suffolk West PCT only provided acute beds in 2002-03. They subsequently provided geriatric beds. 3 Suffolk West PCT was formed at the start of 2002-03 from Bury St Edmonds PCT. The old organisation did not provide any beds. 4. 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. 5. Figures may have altered slightly from the answer to earlier PQs as the table has been updated using the revised population statistics issued by the Office of National Statistics. Source: Department of Health form KH03 and Office for National Statistics for population data.