Hospital Beds
(asked on 25th May 2023) - 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 NHS bed capacity in each month (a) since January 2023 and (B) until January 2024.
Information on National Health Service bed capacity is published by NHS England. The following table shows the general and acute (G&A) beds available and G&A bed occupancy rate from January 2023 to April 2023.
Month | Total G&A beds available | G&A bed occupancy rate |
January 2023 | 101,717 | 94.1% |
February 2023 | 101,092 | 94.1% |
March 2023 | 100,910 | 93.9% |
April 2023 | 100,088 | 92.4% |
Our delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services has set a national ambition to increase bed capacity by 5,000 staffed, permanent beds in 2023/24 compared to 2022/23 plans. The plan is backed by £1 billion of dedicated funding to support capacity.