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Letters Loss of NHS hospital beds

Regional and national disparities in bed numbers are stark

BMJ 2025; 388 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.r278 (Published 10 February 2025) Cite this as: BMJ 2025;388:r278
  1. Adrian Boyle, consultant
  1. Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
  1. adrianboyle{at}nhs.net

Olivier is right to point out the persistent policy failures in providing enough hospital beds for our population.1 But the regional and national disparities in beds per capita …

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