ISD Scotland routinely publishes data on average available staffed beds in its “Acute Hospital Activity and NHS Beds Information (Annual)” publication. The latest annual publication released on 10 September 2019 gives bed numbers back to 2009-10 and can be found at the following link: https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/health-services/hospital-care/acute-hospital-activity-and-nhs-beds-information-annual/ Previous releases of this publication containing bed numbers for 2007-08 and 2008-09 (published 7 November 2017) can be found at the following link: https://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Hospital-Care/Publications/index.asp S5W-27667