Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 32670

Hospital Beds: Greater Manchester

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 7 March 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of hospital bed availability in health trusts in the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Hospital bed occupancy, including in Manchester, is too high. This reduces the number of beds available for patients who require hospital admission.Greater Manchester Integrated Care System continues to take action to support bed occupancy including a con...

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