It's because they're acting as an emergency care home.
My local 450-bed DGH has over 150 medically fit patients waiting to be discharged into community care that isn't available.
And this happened secondary to central government funding being withdrawn from social care.
So hospitals like this one are actually running at 120% in summer. They do need "MOAR MOAR MOAR" but that more is a place to look after the patients that don't need to be in hospitals.
My local 450-bed DGH has over 150 medically fit patients waiting to be discharged into community care that isn't available.
And this happened secondary to central government funding being withdrawn from social care.
So hospitals like this one are actually running at 120% in summer. They do need "MOAR MOAR MOAR" but that more is a place to look after the patients that don't need to be in hospitals.