Are Fewer Hospital Beds Likely to Improve Hospital Care

Thu, 25 Mar 2010
Reform, a right wing think tank, has made the claim that patient care could be improved should a quarter of hospital beds be cut in North West England.

This organisation has claimed that should 30,000 beds be cut, the move could save money as well as create competition, which would improve standards.

This report also claims that hospitals are less reliant places to assist people to manage long-term conditions like diabetes and enhance their quality of life.

It continues to say that such conditions can be mainly managed in the community, which reduces cost and takes care away from hospitals.

This report has not been ill received amongst main health organisations and charities .

Cutting beds for just financial reasons has been deemed to be "immoral, oversimplified and ill-thought-out" by Mark Porter, the Chairman of the BMA's consultants committee.

Diabetics often spend more than a quarter more time than other patients in NHS hospital beds.

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