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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

13,354.0

11,055.3

515,891

82.8

7.8

1.6

38.6

General Surgery

1,137.4

927.4

65,159

81.5

5.2

1.2

57.3

Urology

211.8

161.3

15,976

76.2

3.7

1.2

75.4

Trauma and Orthopaedic

1,099.7

923.1

48,973

83.9

6.9

1.3

44.5

Ear, Nose and Throat

132.9

94.8

17,719

71.3

2.0

0.8

133.3

Ophthalmology

41.2

18.8

2,568

45.5

2.7

3.2

62.3

Oral Surgery

51.9

29.2

4,215

56.3

2.5

2.0

81.2

Restorative Dentistry

2.5

0.3

147

11.9

0.7

5.5

58.4

Paediatric Dentistry

Orthodontics

0.0

Neurosurgery

86.8

71.7

2,995

82.6

8.7

1.8

34.5

Plastic Surgery

63.8

36.5

4,727

57.2

2.8

2.1

74.1

Burns Surgery

19.5

8.4

517

43.0

5.9

7.9

26.5

Cardiac Surgery

68.2

60.7

1,812

88.9

12.2

1.5

26.6

Thoracic Surgery

19.3

13.9

596

72.0

8.5

3.3

30.9

Paediatric Cardiac Surgery

Paediatric Surgery

24.4

11.8

1,948

48.3

2.2

2.4

80.0

Accident and Emergency

12.2

6.4

2,684

52.7

0.9

0.8

220.3

Anaesthetics

35.7

2.1

5.9

10.7

170.2

2.0

Pain Management

10.1

3.9

143

39.0

10.1

15.7

14.2

General Medicine

2,840.9

2,653.1

120,198

93.4

8.1

0.6

42.3

Gastroenterology

60.5

51.4

2,519

84.9

7.4

1.3

41.6

Endocrinology

38.3

38.5

1,334

10.5

-0.1

34.9

Haematology (clinical)

94.4

71.0

3,264

75.2

7.9

2.6

34.6

Clinical Pharmacology

5.4

277

100.0

7.2

0.0

50.9

Audiological Medicine

0.0

Clinical Genetics

0.0

Rehabilitation

697.5

664.7

5,942

95.3

40.8

2.0

8.5

Palliative Medicine

69.5

47.5

1,087

68.4

16.0

7.4

15.6

Cardiology

242.0

220.9

11,835

91.3

6.8

0.6

48.9

Paediatric Cardiology

3.9

1.7

181

42.7

3.4

4.5

46.0

Dermatology

34.0

16.1

563

47.4

10.5

11.6

16.5

Thoracic Medicine

133.2

127.3

5,893

95.6

7.9

0.4

44.2

Genito Urinary Medicine

Nephrology

107.1

100.9

3,588

94.2

10.3

0.6

33.5

Medical Oncology

17.5

14.8

633

84.7

8.6

1.5

36.1

Nuclear Medicine

Spinal Injuries

28.2

24.8

108

87.8

83.8

11.6

3.8

Other Neurology

65.9

58.6

1,235

88.9

17.3

2.2

18.7

Rheumatology

26.0

12.6

531

48.6

8.7

9.2

20.4

Paediatrics

567.3

285.1

56,253

50.3

1.8

99.2

Paediatric Neurology

3.8

334

100.0

4.1

0.0

88.6

Dental Medicine

0.0

Gynaecology

277.1

154.6

27,775

55.8

2.0

1.6

100.2

GP Other

597.7

459.8

6,875

76.9

24.4

7.3

11.5

Clinical oncology

112.9

101.0

4,951

89.5

7.4

0.9

43.9

Radiology

Geriatric Medicine

1,435.8

1,259.9

16,148

87.8

28.5

4.0

11.2

Obstetrics

460.0

271.4

52,346

59.0

1.9

1.3

113.8

Midwifery

66.4

26.7

9,231

40.1

1.1

1.6

138.9

GP Maternity

Mental Illness

929.9

791.7

7,308

85.1

39.5

6.9

7.9

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

24.0

16.7

69.7

179.7

78.2

1.4

Forensic Psychiatry

123.3

108.8

88.2

401.0

53.5

0.8

Old Age Psychiatry

1,051.0

916.3

4,656

87.2

71.8

10.6

4.4

Learning disabilities

195.9

155.2

79.2

578.1

151.5

0.5

Chemical pathology

Haematology (non clinical)

0.1

100.0

1.4

0.0

270.0

Medical microbiology

0.1

100.0

18.3

0.0

20.0

Community medicine

26.3

24.0

278

91.2

31.5

3.0

10.6

Special Care Baby Unit

203.9

112.0

2,982

54.9

13.7

11.3

14.6

High Dependency Care

Intensive Care

Paediatric Intensive Therapy

18.9

4.8

25.2

22.3

66.3

4.1

Bone Marrow Unit

14.6

8.7

299

59.2

10.6

7.3

20.4

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Hlth0301: NHS Beds

Health Statistics and Analysis Unit, Welsh Assembly Government

Last Update: 28 October 2008

Next Update: October 2009

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

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