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The new data suggest a key reason hospitals are struggling is this lack of capacity. The NHS is meant to keep a tenth of its beds free to create flexibility to admit patients and cope with sudden surges in demand – usually seen in winter. Over the years this spare capacity has been used each winter and the NHS has been forced to treat patients in trolleys and in ambulances as ward beds have filled. This year hospitals have been significantly reconfigured to allow for social distancing and infection control. The FOI data gleaned by the Covid Data Dashboard reveals there are 10,000 fewer hosp...

© Peter Byrne/PAPA Media HOSPITALS had almost fifteen percent fewer patients this December compared with 2019A freedom of information request to NHS England revealed that on December 22, three days after Boris Johnson introduced tier four for millions, more than 13,000 fewer beds were occupied than the same date in 2019. The new data suggests a key reason hospitals are struggling is this lack of capacity. The NHS is meant to keep a tenth of its beds free to create flexibility to admit patients and cope with sudden surges in demand - usually seen in winter. Over the years this spare capacity...