AQW 37107/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail (i) the number of community hospitals currently being used to capacity; and (ii) the number of Health Service beds in use in private nursing facilities, in each of the last three years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 7 October 2014
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 7 October 2014
- Answer due by
- 22 October 2014
- Answered
- 22 October 201415 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
(i) Information on the average number of occupied and available beds within community hospitals is published on an annual basis in the Northern Ireland Hospital Statistics: Inpatient and Day Case Activity publication (Table 2a) and is available to view or download from:
http://www.dhsspsni.gov.uk/index/stats_research/hospital-stats/inpatients.htm
(ii) Information on the number of Health Service beds in use in private nursing facilities is not collected centrally and was requested from the five Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts. Their responses are detailed in Table 1 below.
Table 1: Health Service Beds in Use in Private Nursing Facilities
| HSC Trust | 2013/14 | 2012/13 | 2011/12 |
| Belfast | 42* | 42 | 29 |
| Northern | - | - | - |
| South Eastern | 80 | 76 | 60 |
| Southern | - | - | - |
| Western | - | - | - |
* Refers to 1 April 2013 to 31 January 2014
‘-‘ Denotes information could not be provided.