Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London
Mr. Evennett:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many accident and emergency departments in Greater London were not open 24 hours a day on the latest date for which information is available. [291724]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
By definition a Type 1 accident and emergency (A&E) department must be open 24 hours a day. All other types of A&E departments need not be open for that period. The opening times of departments are not collected centrally.
Acute Beds
Mr. Lansley:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) acute and (b) critical care beds were reported in situation reports to his Department as being in use in hospitals in each week since 1 April 2009. [291860]
Mr. Mike O'Brien:
The requested information is contained in the following table. This is a snapshot of the number of beds available at midnight on the Thursday of the week. The availability of beds nationally will vary on an almost constant basis and therefore these figures should not be compared with data on critical care bed availability published in other formats. The data are validated locally but may be subject to revisions.
Number of acute and critical care beds, available and occupied, England, each week since April 2009
Period
Adult critical care beds at midnight on the Thursday of the reporting period
Number of neonatal critical care cots (or beds) at midnight on the Thursday of the reporting period
Number of paediatric critical care beds at midnight on the Thursday of the reporting period
Total number of acute hospital beds at midnight on the Thursday of the reporting period
Week ending :
Available
Occupied
Available
Occupied
Available
Occupied
Available
Occupied
5 April 2009
3,265
2,901
1,081
816
359
258
104,869
95,509
12 April 2009
3,282
2,852
1,076
803
378
254
101,921
88,669
19 April 2009
3,313
2,862
1,088
812
357
267
104,550
93,411
26 April 2009
3,312
2,835
1,083
801
369
262
103,495
91,977
3 May 2009
3,307
2,885
1,066
819
320
221
103,032
91,719
10 May 2009
3,373
2,855
1,108
856
367
269
103,367
93,145
17 May 2009
3,335
2,915
1,087
866
355
257
103,565
93,079
24 May 2009
3,361
2,825
1,089
854
365
258
103,495
92,682
31 May 2009
3,379
2,857
1,074
812
350
243
104,057
91,133
7 June 2009
3,279
2,911
1,085
824
374
258
103,096
92,194
14 June 2009
3,316
2,897
1,111
848
352
247
103,705
91,663
21 June 2009
3,302
2,846
1,082
830
372
264
102,918
90,883
28 June 2009
3,321
2,740
1,083
827
360
262
103,102
90,804
13 Oct 2009 : Column 801W
13 Oct 2009 : Column 802W
5 July 2009
3,318
2,789
1,099
791
364
250
103,021
91,984
12 July 2009
3,356
2,888
1,098
835
349
247
102,791
91,128
19 July 2009
3,352
2,830
1,121
820
359
236
101,699
89,175
26 July 2009
3,301
2,801
1,120
825
357
238
102,787
89,077
2 August 2009
3,319
2,748
1,114
786
360
240
102,421
87,995
9 August 2009
3,384
2,752
1,109
767
362
237
102,651
88,478
16 August 2009
3,388
2,739
1,117
761
360
244
102,415
88,532
23 August 2009
3,335
2,691
1,133
809
402
268
101,333
90,410
30 August 2009
3,329
2,683
1,125
807
389
258
102,317
88,378
6 September 2009
3,370
2,725
1,119
810
328
216
102,027
89,143
Note s :
1. Data within the 'Weekly SitReps' collection are subject to revision. Therefore data may differ from previous submissions.
2. Acute beds collected on the 'Weekly SitReps' collection is a voluntary data item.
3. Data are provided from the start of the financial year, which for SitReps means the first week is week ending 5 April 2009. Source:
Department of Health form-Weekly SitReps
Breastfeeding
Norman Lamb:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have called the National Breastfeeding Helpline in each of the last two years. [291933]
Ann Keen:
The National Breastfeeding Helpline was launched in February 2008. Since then, there has been a steady increase in the number of calls received. The total number of calls received between February 2008 and August 2009 is 24,087 as shown in the following table.
