Overspill beds in use for routine care Thousands of beds designated for expected high demand are having to be used for routine care, a BMA investigation of hospitals in England has revealed.
Pressure on NHS trusts has meant that many hospitals are having to resort to using their escalation beds – which are supposed to be reserved for emergencies and periods of high demand such as wintertime, on a daily basis.
Data was released following a series of Freedom of Information requests by the BMA which asked acute trusts in England how many core and escalation beds they had open and occupied from 3 March this year onwards.
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Pressure on NHS trusts has meant that many hospitals are having to resort to using their escalation beds – which are supposed to be reserved for emergencies and periods of high demand such as wintertime, on a daily basis.
Data was released following a series of Freedom of Information requests by the BMA which asked acute trusts in England how many core and escalation beds they had open and occupied from 3 March this year onwards.
See also:
- NHS hospital patients are routinely being treated in emergency beds The Daily Mail
- NHS pressures sees emergency beds used all year round, BMA warns The Daily Telegraph
- NHS hospitals using temporary 'escalation beds' all year round The Guardian
- NHS hospitals forced to use emergency beds all year round to cope with demand, BMA warns The Independent
- NHS forced to use emergency beds to cope with rising demand – BMA ITV News
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