Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many inpatient beds there were at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2009-10.
The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is shown in the following table.
NHS England advises that, during the past 24 months, Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has reduced the number of acute hospital beds on its King’s Mill Hospital site. This is as a result of improved patient flow and integrated working with community services, reducing unnecessary waits for rehabilitation and discharge.
There has been a long-term trend in the reduction of beds open overnight. A shift towards day case procedures, along with decreasing average length of stay, has reduced the demand for overnight beds in hospital.
Average daily number of available consultant-led beds open overnight by sector at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, in 2009/10 and 2015/16
| Total | General and Acute | Learning Disabilities | Maternity | Mental Illness |
2009/10 | 697 | 648 | - | 49 | - |
2015/16 | 674 | 626 | - | 48 | - |
Source: Bed availability and occupancy, NHS England
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