NHS England figures show hospitals are mothballing more wards despite beds crisisHospitals are mothballing scores of wards,closing them to patients despite the NHS’s ongoing beds crisis, modern figures reveal.
At the final count in September 82 “ghost wards” were recorded containing 1429 empty beds, or the equivalent of two entire hospitals,according to data provided by hospital trusts across England. It represents a sharp increase on the 32 wards and 502 beds that were unused four years earlier, statistics obtained under freedom of information laws show.
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Source: guardian.co.uk