Paediatric inpatient admissions(FOI)Paediatric inpatient admissions(FOI)
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25 September 2018.Request
Read for Good are a charity providing books and storytellers for children in hospital. As part of our hospital programme we are looking for the following statistical information for 2017 and 2018 if it is possible, if not then 2016 and 2017, for the Jersey General Hospital.
A
Total number of paediatric inpatient admissions
B
Average length of stay for paediatric inpatients
Response
Paediatric (under 18) patients discharged from Jersey General Hospital for the period January 2017 to August 2018.
| Month | Discharges | Average length of stay (days) |
| January 2017 | 197 | 2.0 |
| February 2017 | 206 | 2.3 |
| March 2017 | 219 | 2.1 |
| April 2017 | 219 | 2.1 |
| May 2017 | 211 | 1.9 |
| June 2017 | 22 | 1.7 |
| July 2017 | 236 | 2.0 |
| August 2018 | 201 | 1.7 |
| September 2017 | 210 | 1.7 |
| October 2017 | 217 | 1.7 |
| November 2017 | 217 | 1.9 |
| December 2017 | 208 | 1.8 |
| January 2018 | 179 | 2.2 |
| February 2018 | 194 | 1.7 |
| March 2018 | 241 | 2.5 |
| April 2017 | 206 | 1.8 |
| May 2017 | 232 | 2.1 |
| June 2017 | 228 | 2.1 |
| July 2018 | 197 | 2.7 |
| August 2018 | 227 | 2.0 |
Patients have been counted at point of discharge rather than admission. This is a standard methodology used in Jersey and the NHS.
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