Written question asked by Crispin Blunt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 March 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 March 2005. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 21 March 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many acute hospital beds there are in (a) England and (b) Surrey and Sussex; and how many acute beds per 100,000 of population there are in (i) County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area and (ii) Surrey and Sussex SHA area.

Answer: Mr. Blunt: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acute hospital beds there are in (a) England and (b) Surrey and Sussex; and how many acute beds per 100,000 of population there are in (i) County Durham and Tees Valley Strategic Health Authority (SHA) area and (ii) Surrey and Sussex SHA area. [222962] Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the following table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Acute hospital beds Number England 109,846 Surrey and Sussex strategic health authority (SHA) 4,931 Acute beds per 100,000 population County Durham and Tees Valley SHA 250 Surrey and Sussex SHA 193 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Beds data: KH03, Population figures: Office for National Statistics mid-2002 estimates.

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