St. George’s Hospital Hornchurch: Hospital Beds

James Brokenshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average bed occupancy rate was at St. George’s hospital, Hornchurch in each month of the last three years.

Mr. Bradshaw
The information is not held in the format requested. Information on average bed occupancy rates are only held at trust level. The following table shows average daily bed occupancy rates at North East London Mental Health Trust, which includes St. George’s hospital, for the last three years.

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|                                     |Occupancy rate (occupied/available beds x 100 per cent.)|
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|2006-07                              |92.7                                                    |
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|2005-06                              |93.1                                                    |
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|2004-05                              |97.1                                                    |
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|Source:Department of Health from KH03|                                                        |
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