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<p>Wexham Park Hospital offers acute services in Slough and is operated by Frimley
Health NHS Foundation Trust. The Department does not hold hospital site level data
on bed occupancy. The latest official statistics published by NHS England for May
2023 show that the general and acute bed occupancy rate at Frimley Health NHS Foundation
Trust was 97.7%.</p><p>For the same period, general and acute bed occupancy in the
South East was 94.3%, while the general and acute bed occupancy rate in England was
93.0%. Health is a devolved matter, and the Department does not report bed occupancy
in the devolved nations.</p><p>As set out in the delivery plan for recovering urgent
and emergency care services, there will be 5,000 more staffed beds this year, alongside
an extra 3,000 virtual ward beds. This is backed by £1 billion of dedicated funding.</p><p>We
are also investing £1.6 billion over the next two years to reduce the numbers of beds
occupied by patients ready to be discharged, and Same Day Emergency Care services
will be in place across every hospital with a major emergency department, helping
avoid unnecessary overnight stays.</p>
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