Dictionary definition: bed occupancy

Article: NHS 'asset stripped' as number of hospital beds ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 29, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... shown that 60% of all hospital beds are taken up by people ... reduce pressure on hospital beds by up to 40%. We ... we can free up our hospital beds for the most ill people ... impact. "Increased bed occupancy levels also show that ...

Article: Treatment improves as hospital beds cut.
The Evening Standard (London, England);  June 15, 2006 ;     577 words ... ... geriatric and maternity hospital beds in London went down ... years the number of hospital beds in London has fallen ... possible to further cut hospital beds. Dr Gill Morgan ... told the Standard that bed occupancy at some mental health ...

Article: More NHS cash but 2,500 fewer hospital beds.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... HOPE ALMOST 2,500 hospital beds were closed last year ... reduction in the number of hospital beds in the NHS to around ... figures show average bed occupancy rates have fallen ... 2003-2004. Cutting bed occupancy is considered desirable ...

Article: We're worse off for hospital beds than Macedonia.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  January 13, 2009 ;     682 words ... ... BALLINGER THE provision of hospital beds in Britain has plunged in ... Macedonia. The UK has only 389 hospital beds per 100,000 inhabitants ... maintain a certain number of hospital beds. 'It is madness to cut ... past three years' MRSA and bed occupancy rates has shown no ...

Article: FDA warns of fire danger from electric hospital ...
Healthcare Risk Management;  February 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... warns of fire danger from electric hospital beds In a special Dear Colleague letter ... warns that some electrically powered hospital beds may pose a risk of fire. The letter ... fires involving electrically powered hospital beds since 1993. To help prevent incidents ...

Article: Califano calls for health care standards, reduced hospital ...
PR Newswire;  January 10, 1989 ;     700+ words ... ... STANDARDS, REDUCED HOSPITAL BEDS AND ELIMINATION OF ... procedures, cutting excess hospital beds and establishing quality ... noted that hospital bed occupancy in Maryland is currently ... over 400,000 empty hospital beds in this country each ...

Article: 6,000 hospital beds axed in a year.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  September 23, 2006 ;     585 words ...LABOUR has axed more than 6,000 hospital beds in the last year after pumping record amounts ... figures for England showed that hospital bed occupancy rates remain at high levels. Bed occupancy should be kept below 85 per cent to help ...