Hospital beds occupied overnight, England
Official statistics
The share of NHS beds open overnight in England that were occupied on an average day in the latest quarter, for all beds and for general and acute, learning disability, maternity and mental illness beds, from NHS England's KH03 return.
General and acute beds occupied
90.85%
Q2 2026 · 93,886 of 103,338 beds on an average day
Verified against source, 7 November 2026, 06:53 UTCSource: NHS England. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
5 rows
| Category | Beds occupied, 2026 Q2 |
|---|---|
| All beds | 88.82% |
| General and acute | 90.85% |
| Learning disability | 65.14% |
| Maternity | 61.49% |
| Mental illness | 89.25% |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- NHS England
- Check it yourself
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-overnight/
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 7 November 2026, 06:48 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-json/wp/v2/pages?slug=bed-data-overnight&_fields=id,link,modified,contentSHA-256 5ade1e2c88cfe75fd1b628ff4828fafa80bef64709af1b2fa6ee810e5ea4e2b2 · 21,737 bytes
- https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/08/NHS-organisations-in-England-Quarter-1-2026-27-Overnight.xlsxSHA-256 689aff2c0a7a70308b2e03c8cecf3ae5a193bab72bd67f6d44f6c8a46e265fcb · 118,080 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 7 November 2026, 06:53 UTC Run at 7 November 2026, 06:53 UTC; 5 of 5 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | NHS England; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-11-07T06:48:02Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 5 of 5 figures and the headline reproduced; the meta's beds match |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 5 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 5 of 5 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches; the meta's beds match |
| Pass | NHS England file is current | latest month 2026 Q2 ended 130 days before retrieval (limit 200), from NHS-organisations-in-England-Quarter-1-2026-27-Overnight.xlsx |
| Not run | Second official route | no second route is published: NHS England gives each quarter's figures for England in this file alone, its time series stopped in June 2024, and its trusts' and regions' figures, which the checks add up, are parts of England's |
| Pass | The trusts add up to England | 10 of 10 cases of England's beds available and occupied, by sector, are its 183 trusts' added up, within a hundredth within 0.01 (10 exactly) |
| Pass | The regions add up to England | 10 of 10 cases of England's beds available and occupied, by sector, are its 7 regions' added up, within a hundredth within 0.01 (10 exactly) |
| Pass | Each share is the beds occupied of those available | 5 of 5 cases of England's shares occupied are its beds occupied over its beds available within 1e-09 (5 exactly) |
| Not run | Source page answers | https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/bed-availability-and-occupancy/bed-data-overnight/ refuses automated requests (a bot challenge, HTTP 202); open it in a browser to compare |
Notes
- The average number of beds open overnight that were occupied each day of the quarter, as a percentage of the average number available, as NHS trusts return them to NHS England on its KH03 form, for all beds and for each sector.
- NHS England publishes each quarter in a file of its own; the hub shows the newest.