25 February 2022
OIA Reference: OIA2022012701
Sara Passmore
Email:
[FYI request #18349 email]
Tēnā koe Sara
Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) – Response – OIA2022012701 Thank you for your official information request regarding
Number of fully staffed ICU beds at Hutt
Hospital, which was received by Hutt Valley District Health Board (Hutt Valley DHB) on 27 January 2022.
You requested the following information:
1. How many fully staffed ICU (Intensive Care Unit) beds are available at Hutt Hospital as of 27 January
2021
2. What has been the bed occupancy rate (% of beds occupied) as of 27 January 2021
3. What is the estimated number of “surge capacity” ICU beds (fully staffed) that are planned for 2022, if
any?
Our response to your request is outlined below.
Response
1. How many fully staffed ICU (Intensive Care Unit) beds are available at Hutt Hospital as of 27 January
2021
The ICU at Hutt Hospital has 4 fully staffed beds available as at 27 January 2021.
2. What has been the bed occupancy rate (% of beds occupied) as of 27 January 2021
As of 27 January the average bed occupancy at Hutt ICU has been 55% (or 2.2 beds occupied per day).
3. What is the estimated number of “surge capacity” ICU beds (fully staffed) that are planned for 2022, if
any?
Hutt Hospital ICU has 8 physical, fully equipped ICU beds in the current unit. An additional 7 physical, fully
equipped beds are co-located in a purpose built ‘surge unit’. Therefore there are 15 physical, fully equipped
ICU beds in total.
Hutt Valley DHB | 04 566 6999 | Hutt Valley DHB, Private Bag 31907, Lower Hutt 5010
We have a trained surge nursing workforce additional to our current ICU nursing workforce. Patient acuity,
ventilation requirements and staff availability influence the resourcing of these 15 beds at any given point in
time.
Hutt Valley District Health Board is part of the Central Regional Services of District Health Boards and as such
the ICU capacity is broader than just Hutt alone.
I trust this information fulfils your request. You have the right, under section 28 of the OIA, to seek an
investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is
available a
t www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or you can free phone 0800 802 602.
Nāku ite noa, nā
Fionnagh Dougan
Āpiha Whakahaere Mātāmua | Chief Executive
Ūpoko ki te uru Hauora | Capital & Coast and Hutt Valley District Health Boards
Hutt Valley DHB | 04 566 6999 | Hutt Valley DHB, Private Bag 31907, Lower Hutt 5010
