KH03 Quarterly Bed Availability and Occupancy

The KH03 is a quarterly collection from all NHS organisations that operate beds, open overnight or day only. It collects the total number of available bed days and the total number of occupied bed days by consultant main specialty.

Data submission information

Data is submitted via the Strategic Data Collection Service (SDCS) submission platform.

Launch and submission dates
Reporting period	Submission start date	Submission end date
KH03-Q1-202425	4 July 2024	2 August 2024
KH03-Q2-202425	1 October 2024	1 November 2024
KH03-Q3-202425	2 January 2025	7 February 2025
KH03-Q4-202425	1 April 2025	2 May 2025

Guidance and supporting information

Further information about the data collection, including guidance and published data, can be found at Bed Availability and Occupancy – KH03 on the NHS England website.

Legal basis

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KH03: quarterly bed availability and occupancy Data Provision Notice

The KH03 is a quarterly collection from all NHS organisations that operate beds, open overnight or day only.

Further information

Further information can be found in the Data Alliance Board's (DAB) list of approved standards and collections.

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NHS Standards, collections and NHS Standard Contract required collections

An alphabetical list of all current approved national information standards and data collections (including extractions).

Last edited: 11 August 2026 1:49 pm