Information Governance Team
Our ref:
CR/jmck/FOI - 1700
26th June 2023
By Email: (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx)
Dear Ms Hamill
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
Your request for information regarding number of beds allocated to surgical patients
has now been considered and the information requested is enclosed.
If you are unhappy as to how this request has been handled, you should write to
Dr Catherine Weaver, Head of Information Governance, the FOI lead for the Trust. You
have the right to seek a review within the Trust in the first instance.
If, after receiving a response, you remain unhappy, you can refer your complaint to the
Information Commissioner at The Information Commissioner’s office, Wycliffe House,
Water Lane, Wilmslow, SK9 5AF. It is important to note that if you refer any matter to
the Information Commissioner, you will need to show evidence of having gone through
the Trust’s review procedure to try to resolve the matter with the Trust in the first
instance.
If you have any queries or concerns then please contact Information Governance at the
following address:
Southern Health & Social Care Trust
Ferndale
Bannvale Site
10 Moyallen Road
Gilford
BT63 5JX
Tel: 028 37 561458
Email:
xxx.xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xxx
Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team, Ferndale, Gilford Tel: 02837 561458
(Sent electronically, not signed)
CATHRINE REID
DIRECTOR OF SURGERY AND CLINICAL SERVICES
Enc: Response FOI/1700
Information Governance Team, Ferndale, Gilford Tel: 02837 561458
SOUTHERN HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE TRUST
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION RESPONSE 1700
Can I please have for Daisy Hill Hospital the numbers of beds allocated to be
available for supervision of "surgical" patients?
Can I have this month by month 2022 and 2023 thus far.
And also can you break down into children cases and adult cases.
Response:
The table below demonstrates, on a monthly basis, the number of ‘surgical’ beds that
are recorded as ‘open’ on our hospital information system (PAS). Please note that
these are based on beds / wards that are open overnight.
These beds are utilised for across all ‘surgical’ specialties which include Breast Surgery;
ENT; General Surgery; Gynaecology; and Urology. We are unable to provide figures
for paediatric surgical beds as the paediatric beds in Daisy Hill Hospital are not split by
surgical or medical.
Month End Position Allocated Beds
Month End Position Allocated Beds
Jan-22
46
Oct-22
46
Feb-22
46
Nov-22
46
Mar-22
46
Dec-22
46
Apr-22
46
Jan-23
49
May-22
46
Feb-23
49
Jun-22
46
Mar-23
49
Jul-22
46
Apr-23
49
Aug-22
46
May-23
49
Sep-22
46
Whilst the hospital information system demonstrates 49 beds, please note that the
actual funded bed numbers, as agreed with the Commissioner, is 45. This is made up
as follows:
17 in the Female Surgical Ward
12 in the Elective Admissions Ward
16 in the Male Surgical Ward
Due to temporary service needs a number of these ‘surgical’ beds are being temporarily
utilised by Medicine.
Information Governance Team, Ferndale, Gilford Tel: 02837 561458