Professor John Robertson OBA From Acute hospital activity and NHS beds information (quarterly) Quarter ending 30 June 2025, published yesterday: There were on average 13,681 available staffed beds per day for all acute specialties in the quarter ending 30 June 2025 – a 0.3% decrease compared to the same quarter in the previous year. An available staffed bed is a bed which is resourced for inpatient or day case care. Of these, 9,720 (71%) were for medical specialties and 3,962 (29%) were for surgical specialties. For all acute specialties in the quarter ending 30 June 2025, the percentage occupancy was … Continue reading NHS Scotland has 3 000 more beds, 30% more per head, than NHS England, to enable coping with winter surges