KH03 - Bed Availability and Occupancy

Part 1a Supporting facilities

1. Details of supporting facilities of the following types that are available at the ORGANISATION SITES of the NHS HEALTH CARE PROVIDER on the CENSUS DATE.



1. the total number of OPERATING THEATRES.
   
2. the number of OPERATING THEATRES where the OPERATING THEATRE DEDICATED TO DAY CASES is "Dedicated to day cases" on their OPERATING THEATRE OPERATIONAL PLANS.


3. whether there is a PATHOLOGY DEPARTMENT (Yes/No)


4. whether there is a RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENTS (Yes/No)


5. the ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TYPE.

Where there is more than one ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TYPE, indicate the ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT TYPE that provides the most comprehensive service.

Part 1b Number of available neonatal intensive care cots at 31 March

2. Record the total number of cots resourced for the provision of intensive care to a neonate. This is the total of WARD BED AVAILABILITY for AUGMENTED CARE LOCATION 08, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at CENSUS DATES.

Part 1c Number of available paediatric intensive care beds at 31 March

3. This is the total of WARD BED AVAILABILITY for AUGMENTED CARE LOCATION 06, Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at CENSUS DATES.

Part 2 Bed Availability and occupancy: beds in Wards open overnight

Bed Days

4. This requires a count of the total number of available bed days and occupied bed days in WARDS with a WARD DAY NIGHT INDICATOR of Only open overnight or Open 24 hours taken from the DAILY WARD LISTINGS over the course of the year ending 31 March. Available bed days are the sum of the WARD LISTING TOTAL BED OCCUPIED and WARD LISTING TOTAL BED UNOCCUPIED. Unoccupied beds must be available for use. It does not include residential care (covered in Part 3) or WARDS open only during the day (covered in Part 4). Exclude from the bed days available totals any beds designated solely for the use of well babies. Exclude from the bed days occupied totals any bed days of occupation by well babies.

Ward Classification

5. The totals are further subdivided by ward classification. These classifications are derived as follows from the DAILY WARD LISTING of a WARD with a WARD OPERATIONAL PLAN with:

Intensive Care - Neonates
a BROAD PATIENT GROUP of Neonates and a CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY of not associated with the maternity ward and in which there are some designated cots for intensive care.

Intensive Care - Paediatric
an AGE GROUP INTENDED of Children and/or adolescents and a CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY of for intensive therapy, including high dependency care

Intensive Care - Wholly or mainly adult
an AGE GROUP INTENDED of Any age and a CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY of for intensive therapy, including high dependency care

Terminally ill/palliative care - Children
an AGE GROUP INTENDED of children and/or adolescents and a BROAD PATIENT GROUPS of Terminally ill/palliative care

Terminally ill/palliative care - Wholly or mainly adult
an AGE GROUP INTENDED of Any age and a BROAD PATIENT GROUPS of Terminally ill/palliative care

Younger physically disabled
a BROAD PATIENT GROUPS of Younger physically disabled

Other general and acute - Neonates and children
This should be the sum of all available and occupied bed days where the AGE GROUP INTENDED is Children and/or adolescents or Neonates and the CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY is one of the following:



• neonates: maternity: associated with the maternity ward in that cots are in the maternity ward nursery or in the ward itself,
  
• neonates: non-maternity: not associated with the maternity ward and without designated cots for intensive care,
  
• for normal therapy: where resources permit the admission of patients who might need all but intensive therapy,
  
• for limited therapy: where nursing care rather than continuous medical care is provided. Such wards can be used only for patients carefully selected and restricted to a narrow range in terms of the extent and nature of disease.

Other general and acute - Elderly: Normal Care
an AGE GROUP INTENDED of Elderly and a CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY of for normal therapy: where resources permit the admission of patients who might need all but intensive therapy

Other general and acute - Elderly: Limited Care
an AGE GROUP INTENDED of Elderly and a CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY of for limited therapy: where nursing care rather than continuous medical care is provided. Such wards can be used only for patients carefully selected and restricted to a narrow range in terms of the extent and nature of disease

Other general and acute - Other
an AGE GROUP INTENDED of Any age and a CLINICAL CARE INTENSITY of:



• for normal therapy: where resources permit the admission of patients who might need all but intensive therapy,
  or
• for limited therapy: where nursing care rather than continuous medical care is provided. Such wards can be used only for patients carefully selected and restricted to a narrow range in terms of the extent and nature of disease

Maternity
a BROAD PATIENT GROUPSof Maternity patients