Number of hospital beds 'falls in Wales'
Wednesday 29th October 2008
The number of NHS beds available to patients in Wales fell during the 12 months to April, new figures suggest.
Produced by the country's assembly government and cited in a BBC report, the statistics indicate that the number of beds available decreased by 1.7 per cent over the year, people with hospital doctor jobs may wish to note.
Meanwhile, it was also found that the number of acute beds available fell by 3.2 per cent over the period.
A spokesperson for the government said: "Changing trends in how patient care is delivered, such as more day surgery ... mean that considering the number of NHS beds alone is not a good way to judge the health service."
In other news, it recently emerged that a number of hospitals in the UK are exploiting legal loopholes which enable patients to get drugs they have paid for in addition to receiving NHS treatment.
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