Dr Rodney Jones, Statistical Advisor, Healthcare Analysis & Forecasting examines what data can tell us when examining NHS bed shortages.

There are better ways to predict patient demand and avoid bed shortages.

Using modern data mining and analysis techniques we can rethink of the strategies for avoiding repeated bed shortages in NHS trusts at key times of the year.

Despite receiving increasingly complex analysis and recommendations in 2016, early 2017 and 2018 once again saw many trusts struggling to find enough beds for their patients.

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