Southern District Health Board
Dunedin Hospital
201 Great King Street
Private Bag 1921
DUNEDIN, 9054
Chief Executive Officer
Phone 03-476 9456 Fax 03-476 9450
20 February 2017
Antony Andrews
Email:
[FYI request #5350 email]
Dear Mr Andrews
Re: Official Information Act Request I refer to your Official Information Act request received
by email
on 10 February 2017 in which you
specifically requested the following:
Could you please provide the total number of hospital beds from 2006 to 2016 at Southern District
Health Board. Yearly count will be great. Please note that the bed volume is the count of physical
bed capacity (i.e. bed spaces). The count includes beds, roller beds, lazy-boys etc. The data does
not include patient occupancy volumes.
Hospital Bed Spaces 2006 to 2016
as at December each year
Year
Physical Beds
2006
740
2007
740
2008
740
2009
740
2010
740
2011
740
2012
740
2013
748
2014
748
2015
748
2016
732
The bed volumes provided are the count of physical bed spaces at the end of December each year. We are
unable to quantify lazy boys as these appear to fluctuate and are often interchangeable.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review of our decision by the Ombudsman. The
Ombudsman's
Office
can
be
contacted
on
0800
802
602
or
on-line
at
http://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/. Yours sincerely
Chris Fleming
Chief Executive Officer