9 February 2017
Mr Antony Andrews
Email:
[FYI request #5137 email]
Dear Mr Andrews
Official Information Act Request
I write in response to your Official Information Act request dated 24 December 2016, in which you
requested the fol owing information:
Could you please provide the total number of hospital beds from 2006 to 2016 at Manukau
District Health Board. Yearly count wil be great. Please note that the bed volume is the count of
physical bed capacity (i.e. bed spaces). The count includes beds, rol er beds, lazy-boys, etc. The
data does not include patient occupancy volumes.
The information requested is provided in the table below. Please note that a number of areas
have been excluded from the totals provided; CM Health does not, and has not, historically,
captured the information you requested for those areas.
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Inpatient beds* 926
926
926
997
997
1002 1002 1002 1022 1022 1042
*
Includes inpatient wards for Medical, Surgical, Adult Rehabilitation, Women’s Health, Paediatrics,
Neonatal Care, Adult Critical Care, and Mental Health.
Excludes Emergency Department,
Discharge Lounge, Theatre Recovery, Day Therapy (e.g. Dialysis, Radiology, CathLab), Community
Satellite Units.
I trust this satisfactorily answers your request.
Yours sincerely
Geraint A Martin
Chief Executive
Counties Manukau District Health Board
19 Lambie Drive, Manukau, Auckland 2104 | Private Bag 94052, Manukau, Auckland 2241
T: 09 276 0000 | cmdhb.org.nz