Mid-Essex Hospital Trust: Hospital Beds Mr. Burns To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many delayed discharges there were in the Mid-Essex hospital trust area in each month since January 2005. Andy Burnham [holding answer 19 March 2007]: The following table shows the number of delayed transfers of care from acute beds at Mid-Essex Hospital Services National Health Service Trust in each month since January 2005. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Month |Delayed transfers of care| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |January |27 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February |26 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |March |18 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April |12 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |8 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |8 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July |14 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August |2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |September |17 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October |11 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |November |9 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December |11 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2006 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |January |10 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February |9 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |March |6 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |April |8 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |May |8 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |June |10 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |July |6 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |August |21 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |September |7 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |October |5 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |November |16 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |December |14 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2007 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |January |14 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |February |9 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Note:The number of delayed transfers of care are collected as a snapshot at midnight Thursday each week. These data are snapshots taken in the final week of each month.Source:Department of Health Sitreps| | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------