Thirty-five per cent of hospital beds across Northamptonshire occupied by people 'who did not need them'

Thirty-five per cent of hospital beds across Northamptonshire occupied by people 'who did not need them' A review has found that a staggering 35 per cent of hospital beds across Northamptonshire were occupied by people that did not need them.

The figures show that 351 beds out of every 1,000 were occupied at any one time by people who did not require care in an acute setting – working out at the equivalent of 128,115 days more spent in hospital than patients needed to. Northampton Chronicle and Echo