University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018. UHB includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic.
Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust some responses have been provided by hospital site.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
I write under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information:
1. How many hospital beds have been set aside across your Trust for private patients in each year from 2010/11 to 2017/18 inclusive? Please include beds set aside solely for private use and temporarily for private use.
2010/2011: 18
2011/2012: 18
2012/2013: 18
2013/2014: 18
2014/2015: 18
2015/2016: 18
2016/2017: 18
2017/2018: 18
2018/2019: 18
2. How many dedicated Private Patient Units have you had across your Trust in each year from 2010/11 to 2017/18 inclusive? Please provide details where possible around the activity within the units.
2010/2011: 0
2011/2012: 0
2012/2013: 0
2013/2014: 0
2014/2015: 0
2015/2016: 0
2016/2017: 0
2017/2018: 0
2018/2019: 0
3. How much has your Trust invested in Private Patient Units in each year from 2010/11 to 2017/18 inclusive? Please provide details where possible concerning what the Trust spent money on.
2010/2011: £0
2011/2012: £0
2012/2013: £0
2013/2014: £0
2014/2015: £0
2015/2016: £0
2016/2017: £0
2017/2018: £0
2018/2019: £0
4. On how many occasions have patients been transferred into NHS care from Private Patient Units in each year from 2010/11 to 2017/18 inclusive?
2010/2011: 14
2011/2012: 39
2012/2013: 28
2013/2014: 20
2014/2015: 20
2015/2016: 17
2016/2017: 15
2017/2018: 25
2018/2019: 6
Please note: The numbers provided are for patients who were admitted as private patients and then transferred to an NHS ward.
Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospital
I write under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information on maternity unit closures.
1. How many hospital beds have been set aside across your Trust for private patients in each year from 2010/11 to 2017/18 inclusive? Please include beds set aside solely for private use and temporarily for private use.
We can confirm that there are no beds set aside solely for private patient use.
2. How many dedicated Private Patient Units have you had across your Trust in each year from 2010/11 to 2017/18 inclusive? Please provide details where possible around the activity within the units.
Please be advised that HGS do not have any private patient units.
3. How much has your Trust invested in Private Patient Units in each year from 2010/11 to 2017/18 inclusive? Please provide details where possible concerning what the Trust spent money on.
Please be advised that HGS do not have any private patient units.
4. On how many occasions have patients been transferred into NHS care from Private Patient Units in each year from 2010/11 to 2017/18 inclusive?
Please be advised that HGS do not have any private patient units.
