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Dave 💙 Profile picture
Dave 💙
@drfrocester
Husband of 1, father of 2. Passionate about ICU, patients and the NHS.
Jan 3, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
Why is the NHS failing? A 🧵

This is shocking but entirely predictable.
"higher demand and planned reduced facilities"

Please read, share AND ask your MP why they have let this happen and how they will save it? 1. There are simply not enough beds
Unbelievably total hospital beds has HALVED over the last 30 years (source Kings Fund)
UK has one of the lowest acute beds/popln than ANYWHERE in the World (Source FT)
Hospitals can't increase beds w/o government agreement which doesn't happen