Turning round NHS deficits: Who says there are surplus hospital beds?

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7537.363-a

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Peter G Davies, general practitioner principal (npgdavies@blueyonder.co.uk)

Keighley Road Surgery, Halifax HX2 9LL

EDITOR—Ham's editorial is a clear summary of the NHS's current financial plight.1 However, in his fourth paragraph he illustrates a gulf between health economic and medical thinking.

There seems to be a specific belief in health economic circles that there is overprovision of beds in acute hospital settings. As a doctor I do not share this belief.

When …