Welsh bed numbers drop by a third in two decades

The number of hospital beds in Wales has dropped by a third in less than 20 years, but roughly twice as many patients are receiving hospital treatment. A summary of statistics from Wales published last week shows that the number of beds fell by 8,000 to 15,000 between 1980 and ...

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