Leaked document: “Hospital intensive care no busier than normal“

Capacity is tracking as normal with the number of beds available that would be expected at this time of year - even without the need to use the extra Nightingale capacity, raising doubts that a four-week national lockdown is required.

An NHS source told the Telegraph: "As you can see, our current position in October is exactly where we have been in the last five years."

The new data shows that even in the peak in April, critical care beds were never more than 80 per cent full.

Following the closure of the Nightingale hospitals, there is still 15 per cent capacity across the country - which is fairly normal for this time of year.

The documents show there were 9,138 patients in hospital in England as of 8am on November 2, although it had since fallen to 9,077.

It means Covid-19 patients are accounting for around 10 per cent of general and acute beds in hospitals. But, there are still more than 13,000 beds available.

In critical care, around 18 per cent of beds are still unoccupied, although it varies between regions.

Maddog wrote:I asked this to Syl the other day.  

Isn't there a source, besides the media, that tells you how many beds are being used?

My county has a web site that shows occupied and available beds.  

eddie wrote:First seen in The Telegraph but I haven’t got a subscription so can’t post their story.

HOSPITAL intensive care capacity is no busier than normal for the majority of trusts, leaked NHS documents reveal.

Capacity is tracking as normal with the number of beds available that would be expected at this time of year - even without the need to use the extra Nightingale capacity, raising doubts that a four-week national lockdown is required.

An NHS source told the Telegraph: "As you can see, our current position in October is exactly where we have been in the last five years."

The new data shows that even in the peak in April, critical care beds were never more than 80 per cent full.

Following the closure of the Nightingale hospitals, there is still 15 per cent capacity across the country - which is fairly normal for this time of year.

The documents show there were 9,138 patients in hospital in England as of 8am on November 2, although it had since fallen to 9,077.

It means Covid-19 patients are accounting for around 10 per cent of general and acute beds in hospitals. But, there are still more than 13,000 beds available.

In critical care, around 18 per cent of beds are still unoccupied, although it varies between regions.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13102455/hospital-intensive-care-normal-nightingales-second-lockdown/


Hmmmm....