Select Committee on Health Report


Annex I

Table 4.13.1 Average daily number of available and occupied beds (1) and throughput (2), by sector; NHS Trusts in England
Bed days—thousands
Year only

All specialities


Acute


Geriatric
General and acute
Mental illness

Learning disability


Maternity

Day
Only
(6) (3) (6)
(4)
Number of beds (1)

1986
2
31613355 1887239 162
1992-93
4
232113 4015347 19134
1993-94
5
219110 3714744 16135
1994-95
6
212108 3714542 13126
1995-96
7
206108 3414339 13117
1996-97 (6) 199109 3214038 10118
7
Average annual change (%)
1986 to 1996-97
11.6
­4.5­2.0­5.3 ­2.9­6.3­13.2 ­3.811.6
1995-96 to 1996-97
2.6
­3.6 0.3­7.3­1.5 ­4.7­24.2­3.1 2.6
Occupied beds (5)
1996-97
5
1618628 113338 75
Occupancy (%)
1996-97
81.7
81.2 78.986.980.7 86.986.562.9 81.7
Throughput (2)

1986
20.8 37.97.128.9 2.91.354.1
1992-9331.148.5 13.139.24.9 2.971.6
1993-9433.750.8 14.841.65.4 3.377.5
1994-9535.352.4 14.942.95.7 3.981.4
1995-9637.253.4 16.244.56.1 4.192.1
1996-9739.253.8 17.145.56.3 5.8100.6
Average annual change (%)
1986 to 1996-97
6.53.69.1 4.68.015.9 6.4
1995-96 to 1996-975.3 0.75.72.3 4.541.69.3
Sources: SH3 1986


  KH03 and KP70 1992-93 onwards

Footnotes

  1.  Annual total number of bed days available divided by the number of days in the year. Figures for 1996-97 exclude beds in paediatric intensive care wards, as these were not counted in previous years.

  2.  Number of finished consultant episodes for ordinary admissions per available bed. Figures exclude well babies, because the beds data exclude neonatal cots.

  3.  General and acute is defined as acute plus geriatric (excluding well babies for ordinary admissions).

  4.  1986 figures for Day only beds are the number of beds in day case units only.

  5.  1996-97 is the first year for the collection of Bed Occupancy figures.

  6.  A revised return in 1996-97 included a count of NHS managed beds in residential care. Several Trusts reclassified beds previously counted as learning disability beds in hospital, and counted them as residential.


 
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