Noble's bed capacity never exceeded, says Minister

The bed capacity of Noble's Hospital has never been exceeded.

Health and Social Care Minister, David Ashford, made the comment in written response to a question in Tywnald yesterday.

Mr Ashford went on to say that there is no capacity limit on the accident and emergency unit at the hospital - adding 100 or more attendances there in a day is considered higher than expected.

In his report - which covers 1,344 days - 18 per cent of them were above that level.

It came in response to queries from Onchan MHK Rob Callister, who'd asked how many times Noble's and it's A&E department have been over capacity in the last three years.