WHANGANUI
DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD
1 March 2017
Te Poari Hauora o Whanganui
100 Heads Road, Private Bag 3003
Whanganui 4540, New Zealand
Antony Andrews
By email to [email address]
Dear Mr Andrews
Official Information Act request:
Time series data on number of hospital beds - Whanganui District Health Board
We are in receipt of your Official Information Act request dated 8 February, where you requested the
following information.
Could you please provide the total number of hospital beds from 2006 to 2016 at
Whanganui District Health Board. Yearly count will be great.
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Beds
199
199
177
177
177
177
177
177
177
177
177
Includes: Intensive care unit; mental health; medical,ยท surgical; emergency department; day surgery
unit; discharge lounge; paediatrics and neonates; maternity; assessment, treatment and rehabilitation
ward.
The bed volume is a count of physical bed capacity (ie bed spaces). This count includes beds, roller
beds, lazy-boys etc. This data does not include patient occupancy volumes.
Should you have any further queries, please contact our OIA coordinator, Shanelle Fergusson at
shone I [email address]. nz.
Yours sincerely
Office of the Chief Executive I
Phone 06 348 1234 I
Fax 06 345 9390
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wdhb.org.nz