Coronavirus and Influenza: Hospital Beds
(asked on 15th March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of hospital beds that will be needed for (a) covid and (b) influenza patients in January 2022; and what steps he is taking to ensure that there is capacity in respect of (i) beds and (ii) staffing in the NHS during that period.
This question was answered on 22nd March 2021
There remains significant uncertainty on scenarios for future hospital bed occupancy levels for COVID-19 and flu. Planning guidance for the National Health Service for the financial year 2021-2022 will be published shortly by NHS England and NHS Improvement.