HOSPITAL BEDS: SUSSEX

Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds in the Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust have been occupied by patients affected by delays in discharge in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement. [186182]

Jane Ellison, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health: Information on delayed transfers of care is not available in the format requested.

Information is available on the total delayed days during each month for all patients delayed throughout the month and is published on the NHS England website:

http://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-tran...

The information is reproduced here for ease of reference.

Total delayed days
Period NHS Social Care Both Total
2012-13 January 587 123 0 710
2012-13 February 325 151 0 476
2012-13 March 720 150 0 870
2013-14 April 723 160 0 883
2013-14 May 557 139 0 696
2013-14 June 504 163 0 667
2013-14 July 424 175 0 599
2013-14 August 418 300 0 718
2013-14 September 495 170 0 665
2013-14 October 505 226 0 731
2013-14 November 464 200 0 664
2013-14 December 482 182 0 664
Note: This table sets out the number of delayed days experienced in 2013, and specifies whether the delayed days were attributable to the NHS or to Social Care.

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