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Written question asked by Lord Owen (Independent Social Democrat) on Friday, 10 December 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Friday, 24 December 2021. It was answered by Lord Kamall on Friday, 17 December 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Hospital Beds

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average bed occupancy in NHS hospitals in England per year for the last 30 years for which figures are available.

Answer

Data on the average bed occupancy in National Health Service hospitals in England in each year is held from 2010/11 onwards and is shown in the following table.

Year Total bed occupancy General and acute bed occupancy

2010/11 85.4% 87.1%

2011/12 85.3% 86.9%

2012/13 86.2% 88.0%

2013/14 86.3% 88.0%

2014/15 87.2% 89.0%

2015/16 87.2% 88.9%

2016/17 88.3% 90.3%

2017/18 88.2% 90.3%

2018/19 88.0% 90.1%

2019/20 88.0% 90.2%

2020/21 76.0% 76.6%

2021/22 84.8% 86.5%

Source: NHS England

Note: Data for 2021/ 22 includes figures from 1 April 2021 to 30 September 2021.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL4879
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Hospital beds
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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