Hospitals 'dangerously full' during winter crisis, says thinktank

King’s Fund reveals hospitals only met target of 85% bed occupancy for three days over month-long period
Hospitals were dangerously full during the recent onset of the winter crisis and breached an edict from NHS bosses to keep one in seven beds free, a new King’s Fund analysis reveals. England’s 153 acute hospital trusts were told by the health service regulator on 9 December to run at no more than 85% bed occupancy between 19 December and 16 January, the internationally recog