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EPISODE · May 28, 2025 · 6 MIN

Our hospitals need at least 40% more beds

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A New ESRI report projects that public acute hospitals will need to increase inpatient bed capacity by at least 40 per cent by 2040. We discuss the findings with Dr Aoife Brick, Senior Research Officer, ESRI. 

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A New ESRI report projects that public acute hospitals will need to increase inpatient bed capacity by at least 40 per cent by 2040. We discuss the findings with Dr Aoife Brick, Senior Research Officer, ESRI. 

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