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Hospital Wards

Asked by Jim McMahonLabour (Co-op)Department of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 1 December 2025UIN 92136

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital wards are not in active use in England; and what the patient capacity is of those wards.

Answered by Karin Smyth

Data for the occupancy and utilisation rates of clinical rooms in the NHS Estate for the latest period, which was 2023/24, published in December 2024, is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/estates-returns-information-collection/summary-page-and-dataset-for-eric-2023-24

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