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Hip Replacements

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are awaiting hip replacement surgery in each of the health boards in Northern Ireland. [19558]

Mr. Woodward: Information on the number of patients awaiting hip replacement surgery is not collected centrally, however figures in the table show the number of people awaiting either hip or knee replacement surgery in each Health Board in Northern Ireland at 31 August 2005.
Number awaiting hip or knee replacement surgery by Health Board of Residence at 31 August 2005

Health Board of Residence	Number waiting
Eastern	892
Northern	569
Southern	416
Western	380
Northern Ireland	2,257

Source:
Hospital Information Branch

Hospital Beds

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many hospital beds there are within each health trust in Northern Ireland. [18033]

Mr. Woodward: Provisional figures for the average number of available hospital beds for each health trust in 2004–05 are given in the following table. Average available beds are defined as the average number of beds available during the quarter in wards that are open overnight, measured at midnight. Hospitals may also have a number of beds in wards, which are only open during the day. Beds reserved for day case admission or regular day admission are not included.
 
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Average available beds by health trust 2004–05⁽⁴²⁾

Trust	Number
Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust	524.2
Armagh and Dungannon HSS Trust	359.7
Belfast City Hospital HSS Trust	774.8
Causeway HSS Trust	315.7
Craigavon Area Hospital HSS Trust	632.2
Craigavon and Banbridge Community HSS Trust	80.0
Down Lisburn HSS Trust	498.1
Foyle Community HSS Trust	282.0
Greenpark Healthcare HSS Trust	331.3
Homefirst Community HSS Trust	252.8
Mater Infirmorum Hospital HSS Trust	288.5
Newry and Mourne HSS Trust	262.3
North and West Belfast HSS Trust	318.0
Royal Group of Hospitals HSS Trust	1,022.4
South and East Belfast HSS Trust	325.5
Sperrin Lakeland HSS Trust	507.0
Ulster Community and Hospitals HSS Trust	666.9
United Hospitals Group HSS Trust	881.3
Northern Ireland	8,322.8

⁽⁴²⁾Provisional



 
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Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the percentage bed occupancy was in each hospital in Northern Ireland in each of the last 12 months. [18034]

Mr. Woodward: Figures for percentage bed occupancy are collected on a quarterly basis and provisional figures for 2004–05 are given in the following table. Note that day cases are excluded from the calculation for bed occupancy.
Percentage bed occupancy by quarter and hospital 2004–05⁽⁴³⁾

Hospital	April to June 2004	July to September 2004	October to December 2004	January to March 2005	2004–05 total
Belfast City	84.6	86.0	86.9	89.1	86.6
Belvoir Park NICCO	88.8	85.8	85.3	86.3	86.5
Windsor House	98.9	99.7	99.4	98.9	99.5
Forest Lodge	71.0	80.0	72.2	70.0	73.7
Forster Green	62.9	65.3	64.3	60.1	63.2
Musgrave Park	75.4	70.4	78.0	80.6	76.0
Knockbracken Health Care Park	85.0	87.5	87.4	87.2	86.8
Shaftesbury Square	20.7	5.8	5.8	8.4	10.0
Young Peoples Centre	100.0	94.4	44.4	42.2	75.5
Ards	96.1	90.3	92.3	94.0	93.3
Bangor	92.0	85.0	85.6	90.2	88.3
Ulster	89.7	88.6	88.8	88.9	89.0
RBHSC	66.3	64.4	65.5	75.6	67.9
Royal Maternity	72.6	70.0	71.2	69.8	70.9
Royal Victoria	89.4	88.0	87.9	88.8	88.6
Mater Infirmorum	89.3	90.0	92.3	89.0	90.2
Muckamore Abbey	96.9	95.6	93.0	93.0	94.6
Downe	93.0	84.3	85.7	87.8	87.8
Downshire	100.0	80.6	100.0	100.0	97.0
Lagan Valley	83.2	81.6	80.3	82.7	81.9
Lagan Valley P.N.U	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
Thompson House	96.9	97.8	93.1	92.2	95.0
Causeway	81.0	77.2	77.3	82.1	79.4
Dalriada	82.8	84.1	72.2	72.2	77.8
Robinson Memorial	83.6	78.8	82.0	74.0	79.6
Holywell	96.3	93.4	90.8	95.1	93.9
Whiteabbey P.N.U	94.7	98.4	77.4	98.9	92.6
Antrim	75.7	74.5	76.7	78.7	76.4
Braid Valley	91.1	94.8	92.6	96.6	93.8
Mid Ulster	76.4	72.0	73.4	76.6	74.5
Moyle	94.2	94.4	91.7	93.1	93.5
Whiteabbey	94.4	92.0	94.2	97.2	94.4
Longstone	93.0	93.4	86.2	85.2	89.4
Mullinure	92.8	90.3	81.1	81.1	86.4
Oaklands	65.0	61.4	59.6	62.3	63.2
St. Lukes	79.0	78.1	75.2	77.4	77.4
Banbridge(44)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Craigavon Area	78.5	79.8	79.1	82.1	79.9
Lurgan	87.9	91.2	86.9	90.4	89.1
South Tyrone	94.1	87.8	97.6	89.0	92.2
Daisyhill	76.1	73.0	73.9	77.1	75.0
Craigavon P.N.U	97.5	95.9	92.3	90.9	94.1
Altnagelvin Area	81.3	78.7	79.6	83.6	80.8
Waterside	77.8	74.4	78.3	75.6	76.7
Gransha	92.4	90.8	87.9	90.4	90.4
Roe Valley	90.0	88.0	88.0	90.0	89.3
Stradeagh	93.5	94.1	96.3	89.6	93.4
Waterside-Foyle	85.8	84.4	88.3	90.9	87.4
Erne	66.4	61.9	68.5	69.4	66.5
Tyrone and Fermanagh	83.3	82.1	81.8	85.9	83.2
Tyrone County	79.7	80.3	78.7	83.3	80.5
Northern Ireland	84.7	83.0	83.6	85.3	84.2

⁽⁴³⁾Provisional
2Banbridge hospital only has day cases which are excluded from the calculation for bed occupancy.





 
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Hospital Staff (Assaults)

Mr. Peter Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many assaults there were on hospital staff on hospital premises in each health board in each of the last three years. [19570]

Mr. Woodward: There have been a total of 5,444 assaults, 3,065 Eastern Board, 650 Southern Board, 894 Northern Board and 835 Western Board, recorded against all HPSS staff during the period 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2005. This is the earliest date for which these figures are held. Detailed information on the location where the incident took place is not recorded centrally and can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Hospital Telephone Calls

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many whole-time equivalent receptionists are employed at the main switchboard of each of the hospitals in the Province. [10961]

Mr. Woodward: Information requested is provided in the table as follows.
Number of whole-time equivalent receptionists employed at the main switchboard of each hospital in Northern Ireland as at1 July 2005

Hospital	Whole-time equivalent
Altnagelvin area Hospital (44)	9.85
Antrim area Hospital(45)	5.51
Belfast City Hospital	8.08
Causeway Hospital	5.60
Craigavon area Hospital	8.20
Daisy Hill Hospital	7.09
Downpatrick Hospital	6.53
Erne hospital	3.01
Forster Green Hospital	4.50
Holywell Hospital	3.81
Knockbracken Hospital	5.28
Lagan Valley Hospital	5.28
Mater Hospital	6.37
Mid-Ulster Hospital(46)	3.66
Muckamore Hospital	5.00
Musgrave Park Hospital	6.00
Royal Hospital	10.00
South Tyrone(47)	3.53
St. Lukes(48)	5.47
Tyrone County Hospital	6.11
Ulster Hospital (49)	12.66
Whiteabbey Hospital(46)	5.01
Total	136.55

⁽⁴⁴⁾Altnagelvin Area Hospital switchboard operators also deal with calls for Gransha Hospital, Stradreagh Hospital and Waterside Hospital.
⁽⁴⁵⁾Antrim Area Hospital switchboard operators also deal with calls for Braid Valley Hospital and Moyle Hospital.
⁽⁴⁶⁾Telephonist staff in Mid-Ulster Hospital and Whiteabbey Hospital also provide reception service.
⁽⁴⁷⁾South Tyrone Hospital switchboard operators also deal with calls for Willowbank Voluntary Organisation and Thomas Street Clinic.
⁽⁴⁸⁾St. Luke's Hospital switchboard operators also deal with calls for Armagh and Dungannon Health and Social Services Trust Headquarters and Southern Health and Social Services Board Headquarters.
⁽⁴⁹⁾Ulster Hospital switchboard operators also deal with calls for Ards Hospital. Bangor Hospital is serviced from Ulster Community and Hospitals Group Trust headquarters.



 
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Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many telephone lines there are for the main switchboard at the Royal Victoria hospital. [10958]

Mr. Woodward: There are 70 telephone lines for the main switchboard at the Royal Victoria hospital. The switchboard is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many receptionists there are on the main switchboard at the Royal Victoria hospital (a) on weekdays between 9 am and 5 pm, (b) on weekdays outside these hours, (c) between 9 am and 5 pm at weekends and (d) outside these hours at weekends. [10959]

Mr. Woodward: Information requested is provided in the table as follows.
Number of receptionists employed at the main switchboard of the Royal Victoria hospital for specified hours as at 1 July 2005 Headcount

Time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday /Sunday
(a) Weekdays between 9am and 5pm
9 am-1 pm	5	6	4	6	6	—
1 pm-2 pm	3	4	3	5	6	—
2 pm-5 pm	5	6	5	7	7.5	—
(b) Weekdays outside 9am and 5pm
5 pm-9 pm	2	2	2	2	1.5	—
9 pm-9 am	2	2	2	2	2	—
(c) Weekends between
9 am and 5 pm	—	—	—	—	—	2
(d) Weekends between
5 pm and 9 pm	—	—	—	—	—	2

 
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