How can they have unused wards? They have waiting lists for services.
How can they not be running at full capacity?
Rationing. The cheapest services they have are the ones they don’t deliver.
My immediate thought after reading of a woman, Jane, who couldn’t go to a brain ward because of a lack of beds, and died in agony.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2548626/posts
ANSWER: They have waiting lists for services.