29 October 2020
WHANGANUI
DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD
Te Poari Hauora o Whanganui
D Griffiths
100 Heads Road, Private Bag 3003
Via email: [FYI request #13948 email]
Whanganui 4540, New Zealand
Dear D Griffiths
Official Information Act Request- OIA 13186 Bed Occupancy in ICU wards
Under section 14 of the Official Information Act, the Whanganui District Health Board (WDHB) received
a full transfer of your request from the Ministry of Health on 19 October 2020. You requested the
following information in relation to ICU beds.
• What is the maximum bed occupancy in ICU (intensive care units) across all hospitals in New
Zealand, in total?
• What has been the bed occupancy rate(% of beds occupied in ICUs) by week/ month (which ever
time period data is available) across the same hospitals in question above, for the period 15th March
2020 to 1st October 2020
The Whanganui District Health Board response:
• What is the maximum bed occupancy in ICU (intensive care units) across all hospitals
in New Zealand, in total?
For Whanganui District Health Board, there are 6 beds in CCU.
• What has been the bed occupancy rate (% of beds occupied in ICUs) by week / month
(which ever time period data is available) across the same hospitals in question 1 above,
for the period 15th March 2020 to 1st October 2020
For Whanganui DHB CCU bed utilisation weekly average, please see the table attached on page 2.
Should you have any further queries about the above information, please contact our OIA
co-ordinator Anne Phoenix at [email address].n
Yours sincerely
Chief Executive I
Phone 06 348 3140 \
Fax 06 345 9390
Better health and independence I He hauora pai ake, he rangatiratanga
wdhb.org.nz
Attachment: Whanganui DHB Critical Care Unit - Utilisation weekly average
Week beginning
Percentage Utilisation
15/03/2020
92%
22/03/2020
69%
29/03/2020
71%
5/04/2020
72%
12/04/2020
94%
19/04/2020
88%
26/04/2020
87%
3/05/2020
83%
10/05/2020
83%
17/05/2020
64%
24/05/2020
85%
- - , _
31/05/2020
100%
7/06/2020
91%
14/06/2020
94%
21/06/2020
101%
28/06/2020
100%
5/07/2020
94%
12/07/2020
102%
19/07/2020
98%
.
26/07/2020
95%
2/08/2020
95%
9/08/2020
102%
16/08/2020
93%
23/08/2020
101%
30/08/2020
92%
6/09/2020
86%
13/09/2020
102%
20/09/2020
92%
27/09/2020
102%
Grand Total
90%
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