The hospital of the future Hospital provision, activity, and productivity in England Since the 1980s

摘要

The secretary of state is due to announce the results of an inquiry into beds in England. This review seems to have been in response to a perception that hospitals were experiencing increased difficulty in coping with emergency pressures and that the reduction in beds had gone too far-a fact apparently supported by a pla- teauing in the downward trend in the number of beds. The hospital sector, especially in the NHS, has long Been a focus from all sides for rhetoric and emotive Political appeals.