Hospital Beds

(asked on 29th August 2025) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the ratio of community hospital beds to acute hospital beds is in (a) England (b) Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and (c) the Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust area.


Answered by
Karin Smyth Portrait
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 12th September 2025

Data on both general and acute beds and intermediate beds at a national and regional level is published monthly on the NHS England website.

Data on general and acute beds is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/critical-care-and-general-acute-beds-urgent-and-emergency-care-daily-situation-reports/critical-care-and-general-acute-beds-urgent-and-emergency-care-daily-situation-reports-25-26/

Data on intermediate care beds is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/intermediate-care/

Trust-level data is not published for intermediate care beds.

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