Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people currently being treated in hospital with covid-19 were infected after admission to hospital.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
Given the incubation period of the virus and local differences in application of testing protocols, it is not possible to definitively determine the number of people who contracted the virus while in hospital in England to date.
The published data shows that between 1 August and 3 November there were 33,719 estimated new hospital cases where the patient was admitted for the first time with COVID-19 or diagnosed in hospital. Of these 28,408 patients were admitted for the first time with COVID-19 or were diagnosed in hospital where the test was within seven days of admission and therefore hospital association is unlikely.
Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of people classified as covid-19 hospital admissions (a) had a positive test within 28 days of admission and (b) were tested positive after admission.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
Given the incubation period of the virus and local differences in application of testing protocols, it is not possible to definitively determine the number of people who contracted the virus while in hospital in England to date.
The published data shows that between 1 August and 3 November there were 33,719 estimated new hospital cases where the patient was admitted for the first time with COVID-19 or diagnosed in hospital. Of these 28,408 patients were admitted for the first time with COVID-19 or were diagnosed in hospital where the test was within seven days of admission and therefore hospital association is unlikely.
Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will allow pubs and clubs to waive the covid-19 substantial meal rule if a customer can provide medical evidence of an eating disorder.
Answered by Nadine Dorries
The concept of a substantial meal is long established in law, for example in the Licensing Act 2003, and in the practice of the hospitality industry and is readily familiar to those who operate and regulate licensed premises. There is no obligation on licensees or their staff to regulate the possible clinical aspects of their customers’ choice of meal.
Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2020 to Question 110065 on Hospital Beds; whether information in the Covid-19 Situation Operational Dashboards beds analysis contains data on bed occupancy; and in what form his Department holds data about bed occupancy in the NHS.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
NHS England and NHS Improvement publish key data on bed occupancy, including daily and weekly COVID-19 admissions and bed occupancy.
Quarterly bed numbers and occupancy, including general and acute beds is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/
Data collection on critical care bed numbers has been suspended during the response to COVID-19.
Weekly critical care bed availability and occupancy for winter 2020/21 is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/uec-sitrep/
Daily and weekly COVID-19 admissions and bed occupancy is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/
Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of NHS bed occupancy rates in each month of (a) 2017, (b) 2018, (c) 2019 and (d) 2020.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
Data is not available in the format requested.
Asked by: Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will list by month total ICU bed occupancy in the NHS in each of the last three years, including the current year to date.
Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
The information requested from November 2017 to February 2020 is shown in the following table.
| % of Open beds occupied | |||
Year | Period | Adult critical care beds | Paediatric intensive care beds | Neonatal critical care cots (or beds) |
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2017-18 | November | 84.6% | 82.9% | 74.0% |
2017-18 | December | 82.2% | 79.9% | 70.9% |
2017-18 | January | 86.6% | 77.2% | 71.5% |
2017-18 | February | 85.4% | 79.3% | 69.7% |
2017-18 | March | 82.6% | 78.7% | 72.3% |
2018-19 | April | 81.9% | 73.8% | 72.2% |
2018-19 | May | 79.9% | 73.3% | 72.9% |
2018-19 | June | 79.6% | 75.4% | 74.2% |
2018-19 | July | 78.3% | 72.4% | 69.8% |
2018-19 | August | 78.4% | 66.2% | 70.1% |
2018-19 | September | 80.0% | 76.1% | 69.3% |
2018-19 | October | 80.8% | 77.2% | 73.8% |
2018-19 | November | 82.7% | 87.6% | 72.5% |
2018-19 | December | 75.4% | 74.1% | 67.4% |
2018-19 | January | 85.3% | 79.3% | 70.1% |
2018-19 | February | 81.5% | 77.4% | 70.1% |
2018-19 | March | 80.7% | 77.3% | 71.2% |
2019-20 | April | 80.8% | 77.0% | 70.2% |
2019-20 | May | 79.2% | 73.3% | 70.8% |
2019-20 | June | 80.6% | 74.9% | 73.3% |
2019-20 | July | 79.6% | 73.8% | 69.9% |
2019-20 | August | 79.4% | 64.7% | 69.4% |
2019-20 | September | 80.8% | 74.4% | 69.9% |
2019-20 | October | 80.9% | 76.5% | 69.7% |
2019-20 | November | 82.9% | 83.5% | 73.0% |
2019-20 | December | 75.3% | 79.6% | 71.5% |
2019-20 | January | 83.0% | 79.2% | 71.2% |
2019-20 | February | 81.1% | 81.3% | 69.3% |
Notes:
Due to COVID-19 and the need to release capacity across the National Health Service to support the response, NHS England have paused the monthly collection and publication of critical care bed capacity. However, from 12 November 2020, a separate weekly data update commenced which includes data on adult critical care capacity and occupancy. Data from 2 November to 15 November is available at the following link: