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What I observe is pressure to cut the numbers of hospital beds all over the country. The underlying assumption seems to be that the Supply of beds somehow drives the Demand for them. While I can understand this principle may apply at the margin, as a strategy for managing our health service costs it is patent nonsense. And it leads to exactly the inefficiencies and cost over-runs referred to by Anon 1.29.

As is now becoming customary, the response from the Government Minister seems entirely complacent, and out of touch with the reality.