B.3.1 Data Requirements Wards The Wellmeadows Hospital has 17 wards with a total of 240 beds available for short- and long-stay patients, and an outpatient clinic. Each ward is uniquely identified by a number (for example, ward and also a ward name (for example, Orthopaedic), location (for example, E Block), total number of beds, and telephone extension number ofor example, Extn 7711).