National Health Service: Hospital Beds Debate

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Queen’s Speech

National Health Service: Hospital Beds

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Business Rates
Wednesday 11th June 2014

(10 years, 6 months ago)

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Lord Ribeiro Portrait Lord Ribeiro (Con)
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Would my noble friend like to ask the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, how funding is undertaken in Germany? German hospitals are funded on the basis of length of stay. In this country, we have demonstrated that we can get patients home much more quickly, particularly after surgery, with the use of day case surgery. Furthermore, Sweden has fewer beds than we do.

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My noble friend makes the case very eloquently that it is very difficult to compare different health systems. We should pay credit to the NHS for performing very efficiently and effectively in the face of rising demand over recent years.

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