2026-10-19 07:27 UTC
The World Health Organisation warns bed occupancy rates above 85% signals congestion & difficulty absorbing additional demand.
Nuffield reported overnight general & acute NHS bed occupancy of 92.5% in the final quarter of 2025–26.
In September, England recorded 99,290 instances of 'corridor care'.
So, the NHS is not 'running hot', its in continual crisis; slow discharge to social care is one issue, but a 'just-in-time'/'lean' management logic is another!
#NHS #politics
h/t NHSManagers.net
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@3rdSectorMichael@mastodon.scot 2026-10-19 10:16
@ChrisMayLA6@mastodon.me.uk the drive for "efficiency " has led some to confuse efficiency with effectiveness. Efficient may be that the resource - staff time and equipment is used to its maximum, and so reducing the time / equipment - cost, to a minimum to achieve max output per unit. Effectiveness, of course may rely on people and equipment having downtime. Having more than is needed for the baseline, allowing for improvement, experts who aren't exhausted, so diagnose and operate well. Better outcomes.