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Hospital Beds: Salford

Volume 508: debated on Monday 22 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were available in NHS hospitals in Salford in (a) 1997 and (b) the last 12 months for which figures are available. (322407)

The information requested is shown in the following table:

Total

1997-98

2008-09

Beds in wards open overnight

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

833

808

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

623

Salford Primary Care Trust

53

Day only beds

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust

40

51

Notes:

1. The Salford Hospitals Trust gained foundation trust status on 1 August 2006 when it became known as the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.

2. The Bolton, Salford and Trafford Mental Health NHS Trust did not exist in 1997-98. However, it achieved foundation trust status on 1 February 2008 when it became known as the Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Source:

The Information Centre for health and social care—KH03 beds census