Hospital Beds
(asked on 28th March 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many hospital bed days were lost in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK as a result of delays in discharging patients each year from 2010 to 2016.
Data are collected on the total delayed days during each month for all patients delayed throughout the month. The total number of delayed days in each year between 2011/12 (the first full year for which data are available) and 2015/16, for Barnsley, South Yorkshire and England are shown in the table below. As health is a devolved issue, the number of delayed days in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are not collected by NHS England.
Total number of delayed days in Barnsley, South Yorkshire and England
| 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 |
Barnsley Local Authority | 1,053 | 992 | 1,104 | 1,060 | 1,568 |
South Yorkshire1 | 23,243 | 12,465 | 34,521 | 37,362 | 35,959 |
England | 1,373,392 | 1,380,475 | 1,413,591 | 1,624,977 | 1,809,883 |
Source: NHS England, Delayed Transfers of Care Data
Notes:
1South Yorkshire includes Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham and Doncaster Local Authorities.