questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release of 15 August 2023 on £250 million to boost NHS capacity with 900 new beds, what baseline number was used to calculate the announcement of 5,000 addi
answerText: The number of National Health Service planned core general and acute beds in 2022/23 was 94,500. The 5,000 additional beds will take the core bed base to 99,500 this winter.
heading: Hospital Beds