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Dept of Health

Answer

Charles Hendry: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) paediatric beds and (b) paediatric wards there were in each strategic health authority area for each of the past five years. [195276] Dr. Ladyman: [holding answer 1 November 2004]: Data for strategic health authorities (SHAs) can only be provided from 2002-03, the year SHAs were introduced. This is shown in the tables. Data on paediatric beds in wards open overnight are collected by ward classification. The data in the table on overnight admissions include all ward classifications that involve children. Data on paediatric beds available during the day only are contained in the table on day beds. Data on the number of exclusively paediatric wards are not collected centrally. Average daily number of available paediatric beds for specified ward classifications, SHAs in England (beds open overnight) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002-03 2003-04 England 13,032 12,641 SHAs Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA 497 490 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA 263 234 Essex HA 325 276 North West London HA 410 408 North Central London HA 717 715 North East London HA 346 354 South East London HA 479 478 South West London HA 325 321 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA 478 473 County Durham and Tees Valley HA 331 316 North and East Yorkshire and Northern 323 319 Lincolnshire HA West Yorkshire HA 631 607 Cumbria and Lancashire HA 465 453 Greater Manchester HA 917 928 Cheshire and Merseyside HA 686 665 Thames Valley HA 529 516 Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA 421 392 Kent and Medway HA 324 304 Surrey and Sussex HA 559 547 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA 594 587 South West Peninsula HA 331 356 Somerset and Dorset HA 239 230 South Yorkshire HA 485 406 Trent HA 561 549 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 356 354 HA Shropshire and Staffordshire HA 288 291 Birmingham and the Black Country HA 824 750 West Midlands HA 326 323 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The specified ward classifications used in the above table are those that involve children. Source: Department of Health Form KH03. Average daily number of available beds in wards open day only (neonates and children), SHAs in England _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2002-03 2003-04 England 589 688 SHAs Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire HA 6 8 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire HA 33 84 Essex HA 16 11 North West London HA 37 31 North Central London HA 34 36 North East London HA 30 31 South East London HA 20 21 South West London HA 32 34 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear HA 41 41 County Durham and Tees Valley HA 18 17 North and East Yorkshire and Northern 6 6 Lincolnshire HA West Yorkshire HA 17 17 Cumbria and Lancashire HA 31 31 Greater Manchester HA 21 32 Cheshire and Merseyside HA 51 52 Thames Valley HA 20 55 Hampshire and Isle of Wight HA 14 22 Kent and Medway HA -- -- Surrey and Sussex HA 16 16 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire HA 21 25 South West Peninsula HA 11 11 Somerset and Dorset HA 7 7 South Yorkshire HA 26 26 Trent HA 24 25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 5 4 HA Shropshire and Staffordshire HA 7 9 Birmingham and the Black Country HA 42 32 West Midlands HA 4 4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department of Health Form KH03.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

195276; 426 c1171-3W;426 c1175-7W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Hospitals Health authorities Hospital wards Hospital beds Paediatrics

Contains statistics

Yes

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