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Written question asked by Rosie Cooper (Labour) on Thursday, 9 March 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 March 2006. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Tuesday, 21 March 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Delayed Discharges

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many delayed discharges there were in acute hospitals serving the West Lancashire area in the last 12 months; and how many acute hospital bed nights these represented.
Answer

The information requested is shown in the table.

Acute delayed transfers of care, acute hospitals serving the West Lancashire area
Hospitals serving theWest Lancashire area Morecambe BayHospitals NHS Trust Southport and OrmskirkHospital NHS Trust Blackpool Fylde andWyre Hospitals NHSTrust Lancashire TeachingHospitals NHSFoundation Trust
Delayed transfers of care Number of days delayed Delayed transfers of care Number of days delayed Delayed transfers of care Number of days delayed Delayed transfers of care Number of days delayed Delayed transfers of care Number of days delayed
March 2005 50 1,294 47 17 620 7 178 11 202 15 294
April 2005 47 1,196 23 523 3 107 11 216 10 350
May 2005 47 918 16 534 2 71 21 150 8 163
June 2005 42 1,065 17 638 3 101 10 120 12 206
July 2005 43 859 19 456 6 99 11 97 7 207
August 2005 43 996 20 603 4 115 15 148 4 130
September 2005 31 1,132 19 702 2 115 4 186 6 129
October 2005 60 1,184 32 808 6 63 14 153 8 160
November 2005 47 1,093 18 665 3 89 15 164 11 175
December 2005 36 1,307 19 638 3 92 4 304 10 273
January 2006 48 1,221 18 555 6 104 12 246 12 316
February 2006 43 982 20 523 4 74 9 126 10 259
Source: SitReps.

The delayed transfer of care figures are based on a snapshot taken on the last typical Thursday in the month. This differs to the day used in the separate, quarterly local delivery plans return (LDPR) commissioner collections on which the figures published in the Statistical Supplement to the chief executive's report to the NHS, December 2005 are based. The number of days delayed sums all delays in the month.Due to the way the data are collected, the number of days delayed data for March, June, September and December 2005 are based on five weeks' data—all other months are based on four weeks' data.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
444 c256-8W;444 c256-8W; 58452
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Hospital beds Lancashire
Link
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