Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2021 to Question 72598 on Hospitals: Coronavirus, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of covid-19 hospitalisations on the availability of (a) hospital beds, (b) staff and (c) elective procedures, notwithstanding the fact that he has not plans to publish such an assessment.

Assessments on the availability of hospital beds, staff and elective procedures are evolving, due to the changing nature of COVID-19 and the impact of preventative measures. The Department keeps the impact of COVID-19 on NHS England services under review.