Myth%20of%20spare%20capacity%20in%20private%20health%20care%20sector%20straining%20to%20help%20the%20NHS%20%u2013%20Keep%20Our%20NHS%20Public

Myth%20of%20spare%20capacity%20in%20private%20health%20care%20sector%20straining%20to%20help%20the%20NHS%20%u2013%20Keep%20Our%20NHS%20Public: The total number of NHS hospital beds in England has more than halved over the past 30 years, from around 299,000 in 1987/88 to 141,000 in 2019/20.However, the private sector remains much smaller with 8,900 beds, and relies almost entirely on senior doctors who already work for the NHS.