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Average daily available beds Average daily number of staffed beds in which in-patients are being or could be treated without any change in facilities or staff being made.

Average daily number of staffed beds in which in-patients are being or could be treated without any change in facilities or staff being made.

Average daily occupied beds Average daily number of beds occupied by in-patients under the care of a consultant in a particular specialty.

In-patient cases

All inpatients who have gone through the full admission procedure as an emergency or those admitted electively with the intention of staying in hospital at least one night and who have subsequently been discharged (or transferred to another hospital) or have died in hospital. Infants born in a maternity department, healthy persons accompanying inpatients and sick staff treated in their own quarters are not included Patients are classified according to the specialty of the consultant or general practitioner under whose care they were immediately before discharge.arge.

Percentage occupancy $Percentage of time that beds are occupied. Calculated by multiplying \'average daily occupied beds\' by 100 and dividing by \'average daily available beds\'.$

Average duration of stay $The length of time, on average, each in-patient physically occupied a bed (in days). Calculated by multiplying \'average daily occupied beds\' by 365 and dividing by \'in-patient cases\'.$

Turnover interval $The average length of time, in days, that the bed is empty between each patient. Calculated multiplying \'average daily unoccupied beds\' by 365 and dividing by \'in-patients\'.$

Bed use factor $Average number of patients using each bed during the period under review. Calculated by dividing \'in-patient cases\' by \'average daily available beds.$

All specialties Excludes Special Care Baby Unit, High Dependency Care, Intensive Care, Paediatric Intensive Therapy and Bone Marrow Unit. Data for these are included under the appropriate specialty

Excludes Special Care Baby Unit, High Dependency Care, Intensive Care, Paediatric Intensive Therapy and Bone Marrow Unit. Data for these are included under the appropriate specialty

13,115.8

10,821.5

525,509

82.5

7.5

1.6

40.1

General Surgery

1,104.1

896.6

64,411

81.2

5.1

1.2

58.3

Urology

227.8

165.9

15,780

72.8

3.8

1.4

69.3

Trauma and Orthopaedic

1,093.7

908.6

51,913

83.1

6.4

1.3

47.5

Ear, Nose and Throat

133.2

95.0

18,252

71.3

1.9

0.8

137.0

Ophthalmology

33.7

15.8

2,466

46.9

2.3

2.7

73.2

Oral Surgery

48.3

30.0

4,715

62.1

2.3

1.4

97.6

Restorative Dentistry

1.0

0.2

140

20.0

0.5

2.1

140.0

Paediatric Dentistry

0.2

100.0

1.0

0.0

380.0

Orthodontics

0.0

Neurosurgery

74.4

69.1

3,198

92.9

7.9

0.6

43.0

Plastic Surgery

47.7

35.8

4,719

75.1

2.8

0.9

98.9

Burns Surgery

22.5

6.9

415

30.7

6.1

13.7

18.4

Cardiac Surgery

78.5

73.7

2,095

93.9

12.8

0.8

26.7

Thoracic Surgery

15.4

12.9

674

83.8

7.0

1.4

43.8

Paediatric Surgery

24.8

13.4

1,916

54.0

2.6

2.2

77.3

Accident and Emergency

14.2

8.8

2,808

62.0

1.1

0.7

197.8

Anaesthetics

24.7

1.0

393

4.1

0.9

22.0

15.9

Pain Management

8.3

5.0

103

60.2

17.7

11.7

12.4

General Medicine

2,884.3

2,708.1

121,785

93.9

8.1

0.5

42.2

Gastroenterology

58.9

52.3

2,582

88.8

7.4

0.9

43.8

Endocrinology

31.1

32.0

1,204

102.9

9.7

-0.3

38.7

Haematology (clinical)

95.9

68.0

3,596

70.9

6.9

2.8

37.5

Clinical Pharmacology

6.9

250

100.0

10.1

0.0

36.2

Audiological Medicine

0.0

Clinical Genetics

0.1

100.0

18.3

0.0

20.0

Rehabilitation

674.6

638.6

5,505

94.7

42.3

2.4

8.2

Palliative Medicine

71.0

45.1

1,098

63.5

15.0

8.6

15.5

Cardiology

247.4

228.8

12,313

92.5

6.8

0.6

49.8

Paediatric Cardiology

4.6

2.4

197

52.2

4.5

4.1

42.8

Dermatology

26.5

12.4

470

46.8

9.6

11.0

17.7

Thoracic Medicine

124.8

117.0

5,795

93.8

7.4

0.5

46.4

Nephrology

119.0

107.5

4,161

90.3

9.4

1.0

35.0

Medical Oncology

16.2

14.6

780

90.1

6.8

0.8

48.2

Spinal Injuries

27.1

24.2

89.3

91.1

10.9

3.6

Other Neurology

60.4

55.7

1,219

92.2

16.7

1.4

20.2

Rheumatology

22.1

8.8

431

39.8

7.5

11.3

19.5

Paediatrics

559.1

282.2

57,367

50.5

1.8

102.6

Paediatric Neurology

2.6

297

100.0

3.2

0.0

114.2

Dental Medicine

0.0

Gynaecology

264.0

146.3

27,308

55.4

2.0

1.6

103.4

GP Other

516.5

399.0

5,994

77.3

24.3

7.2

11.6

Clinical oncology

115.5

96.0

4,749

83.1

7.4

1.5

41.1

Radiology

0.0

Geriatric Medicine

1,404.9

1,224.8

17,520

87.2

25.5

3.8

12.5

Obstetrics

460.0

253.6

51,615

55.1

1.8

1.5

112.2

Midwifery

75.3

38.4

12,546

51.0

1.1

166.6

Mental Illness

880.9

756.5

7,115

85.9

38.8

6.4

8.1

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

24.3

20.4

84.0

102.0

19.5

3.0

Forensic Psychiatry

130.6

99.8

107

76.4

340.4

105.1

0.8

Old Age Psychiatry

1,042.5

873.9

4,740

83.8

67.3

13.0

4.6

Learning disabilities

189.1

142.3

160

75.3

324.6

106.8

0.9

Haematology (non clinical)

0.0

Medical microbiology

0.1

100.0

3.7

0.0

100.0

Community medicine

27.1

24.6

330

90.8

27.2

2.8

12.2

Special Care Baby Unit

199.3

114.8

3,112

57.6

13.5

9.9

15.6

High Dependency Care

Intensive Care

Paediatric Intensive Therapy

19.3

4.1

21.2

15.4

57.2

5.0

Bone Marrow Unit

15.3

9.3

263

60.8

12.9

8.3

17.2

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Hlth0306: NHS Beds

Health Statistics and Analysis Unit, Welsh Assembly Government

Last Update: 14 January 2010

Next Update: October 2010

Source: QS1
Contact: stats.health.info@wales.gsi.gov.uk

This table provides data on numbers of NHS beds and their use by specialty, hospital, NHS trust and NHS Region

Beds, Patients

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Hlth0306 NHS Beds