Department of the Legislative Assembly, Northern Territory Government

Hospital Bed Capacity

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WRITTEN QUESTIONS
10th Assembly


19/07/2005

144. Hospital Bed Capacity

Ms Carney to MINISTER for Health

QUESTION
Hospital Bed Capacity

1. Provide a breakdown of hospital beds across Territory hospitals as at July 1 2004.
2. Provide a breakdown of hospital beds across Territory hospitals as at July 1 2005.
3. How many beds are there at ASH and detail them ward by ward.


ANSWER


Answered on 10/08/2006



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Breakdown of hospital beds across Territory hospitals as at July 1 2004 and July 1 2005:

Hospital
Number of Authorised Beds at July 1
20042005
Royal Darwin Hospital
345345
Alice Springs Hospital
164165
Katherine Hospital
6060
Gove District Hospital
3030
Tennant Creek Hospital
2020


There are 165 authorised beds at Alice Springs Hospital at the current time. The breakdown of beds by ward includes:

Alice Springs Hospital WardNumber of Authorised Beds
High Dependency Unit
4
Intensive Care
4
Maternity
16
Medical
45
Mental Health
6
Paediatric
40
Day Procedure Unit
12
Special Care Nursery
8
Surgical
30
Last updated: 04 Aug 2016