Dan Neville
Question:649 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of respite beds in each of the health board areas. [1314/03]
Written Answers. - Departmental Statistics.
It is presumed the Deputy is referring to respite beds which are used for the care of older people. The relevant figures are as follows:
|
Beds |
|
|
Eastern Regional Health AuthorityECAHB 104 beds, SWAHB 50 beds and NAHB 56 beds. |
210 |
|
Midland Health Board |
60 |
|
Mid-Western Health Board |
46 |
|
Beds |
|
|
North-Eastern Health Board |
128 |
|
North-Western Health Board |
59 |
|
South-Eastern Health Board |
13 |
|
Southern Health Board |
140 |
|
Western Health Board |
53 |
|
Total |
709 |
Dan Neville
Question:650 Mr. Neville asked the Minister for Health and Children the number of continuing care beds in each health board area for each of the years 1998 to 2002. [1315/03]
It is presumed the Deputy is referring to continuing care beds which are used for the care of older people. The relevant figures are as follows:
|
Board |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
|
ERHA |
Not available |
3,050 |
3,053 |
2,851 |
Not available |
|
NEHB |
942 |
934 |
902 |
899 |
892 |
|
NWHB |
689 |
664 |
639 |
590 |
602 |
|
MHB |
876 |
876 |
865 |
858 |
845 |
|
MWHB |
739 |
693 |
662 |
619 |
596 |
|
SEHB |
857 |
857 |
857 |
857 |
872 |
|
SHB |
1,888 |
1,888 |
1,894 |
1,850 |
1,850 |
|
WHB |
1,147 |
1,147 |
1,156 |
1,109 |
1,045 |
The Eastern Regional Health Authority will forward the 2002 figure to the Deputy when available.