Hospital

Table showing data sources on hospital
Area of interest	Location of data
Beds open overnight: Ward type – terminally ill/palliative care* The 'total available beds' figure is the average daily number of open and staffed beds on wards open overnight in NHS hospitals in England. Beds in wards that are closed temporarily for refurbishment or cleaning would not be included. Cots on maternity wards for 'well babies' are not included in the figures. Figures are submitted annually on form KH03 by each NHS provider and provide a summary across all hospital sites within the Trust or Primary Care Trust. Figures can be sub-divided into different ward classifications, for example, 'neonates and children' or into sectors, for example, 'mental illness'. 'Percentage occupancy' is the proportion of available (open and staffed) beds that were occupied at midnight. The unoccupied beds may have been used during the day by a patient who did not need to stay overnight. *Ward type – Terminally ill/palliative care: wholly or mainly adult.	Department of Health
NHS Workforce: Consultants by speciality The number of consultants working in the NHS was collected on 30 June 2005. Data is provided by speciality, which includes palliative medicine and old age psychiatry medicine.	The Information Centre for Health and Social Care
Palliative Care Workforce - ‘hospital based’ staff The National Council for Palliative Care undertake a workforce survey looking at staff working in palliative care in a variety of settings. The most recent data is for 2008. Data is provided on the number of staff from different specialisms working within these environments. ‘Hospital based staff’ as used in the analysis are peripatetic palliative care staff working within a hospital environment.	Specialist Palliative Care Workforce Survey: The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC)
Acute and non-acute delayed transfer of care Monthly situation report on acute and non-acute delayed transfers of care by NHS provider and Local Authority. For delayed transfers of care by region look at the Local Authority reports. For delayed transfers of care that occurred at specific provider organisations then look at the Trust reports. Delayed transfer of care at England level is identical in both reports.	Department of Health
Departments of health’s monitoring of expenditure on specialist palliative care The End of life care strategy: Third Annual Report presents the results of the DoH’s monitoring of expenditure on specialist palliative care (2010/11). This can be found in Annex B.	End of Life Care Strategy: Third Annual Report

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