Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many ventilator machines there are in each NHS trust in the UK.
Ventilator machines are used to support patient care in Intensive Care Units, operating theatres and High Dependency Units, although they are also used in other parts of a hospital, for example, in respiratory care. Other technologies are also used to support some individuals who need assistance with breathing in community care and at home.
During the COVID-19 outbreak the National Health Service has been purchasing additional ventilators, and other oxygen support devices, at pace to further enhance capacity and the precise numbers by trust are increasing daily.