Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2016 to Question 53429, at which specific location the 44 beds in (a) Bournemouth North, (b) Central Bournemouth, Christchurch and (d) East Bournemouth are situated; and for what reason none of the planned additional 69 community beds is to be located in Bournemouth or Christchurch.

This information is not held centrally and I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 21 November 2016 to Question 53429.

In addition to the information provided in my Answer to Question 53429, NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) advises there are 22 inpatient beds at Wimborne Hospital and 22 at St Leonard’s Hospital in the East Dorset locality. Any future plans for these beds are a matter for the local NHS. We understand the CCG is in the process of carrying out a Clinical Services Review, which will be subject to public consultation in due course.

The CCG also advises that Broadwaters residential care home sited in Wick is a local authority facility where 26 beds provide care to Bournemouth people.

The CCG further advises Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch NHS Foundation Trusts, NHS Dorset CCG and the local authority spot purchase with a large range of care/nursing homes a further 18 beds across both Christchurch and Bournemouth localities.