Beds exclusively or predominantly for overnight-stay admitted care, beds exclusively or predominantly for same-day admitted care, and non-special-care neonatal cots are collected and reported in separate categories. Hospitals should establish clear recording and reporting practices. Criteria should exist to ensure that each available bed is counted and that no available bed is counted more than once. A bed should first be assessed as available and then categorised according to its predominant use. For large hospitals a reconciliation of the sum of the counts for the four available bed types and an unduplicated establishment bed count is advisable. |