35. Process See question 25 above. required for others to go through to obtain the data 36. Keywords Beds, census, Available 37. National / NA Official statistic 38. Method used to store the data 39. Why This is a census of bed availability and therefore a sampling is sample not be appropriate. not used 40. Details of We've discussed the proposals with a few trusts in any pilots order to sense check our proposals. 41. Equalities dimensions used in the collection 42. Policy that Two similar examples would be: In January (upon • the collection request from the Cabinet Office committee), we supports conducted a national snapshot of all community bed capacity across the country on short notice, as this data was not readily available. This was done to explore what capacity was available outside of the acute sector. We would have greatly benefitted from having this information readily available, as producing this snapshot was burdensome and may have had some inaccuracies. Around the same time, we • conducted a similar national exercise looking at residential/domiciliary care capacity for the same
35. Process required for others to go through to obtain the data See question 25 above. 36. Keywords Beds, census, Available 37. National / Official statistic NA 38. Method used to store the data 39. Why sampling is not used This is a census of bed availability and therefore a sample not be appropriate. 40. Details of any pilots We've discussed the proposals with a few trusts in order to sense check our proposals. 41. Equalities dimensions used in the collection 42. Policy that the collection supports Two similar examples would be: • In January (upon request from the Cabinet Office committee), we conducted a national snapshot of all community bed capacity across the country on short notice, as this data was not readily available. This was done to explore what capacity was available outside of the acute sector. We would have greatly benefitted from having this information readily available, as producing this snapshot was burdensome and may have had some inaccuracies. • Around the same time, we conducted a similar national exercise looking at residential/domiciliary care capacity for the same