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The new data suggest a key reason hospitals are struggling is this lack of capacity. The NHS is meant to keep a tenth of its beds free to create flexibility to admit patients and cope with sudden surges in demand – usually seen in winter. Over the years this spare capacity has been used each winter and the NHS has been forced to treat patients in trolleys and in ambulances as ward beds have filled. This year hospitals have been significantly reconfigured to allow for social distancing and inf...

© Peter Byrne/PAPA Media HOSPITALS had almost fifteen percent fewer patients this December compared with 2019A freedom of information request to NHS England revealed that on December 22, three days after Boris Johnson introduced tier four for millions, more than 13,000 fewer beds were occupied than the same date in 2019. The new data suggests a key reason hospitals are struggling is this lack of capacity. The NHS is meant to keep a tenth of its beds free to create flexibility to admit patient...

Judge to rule in January on Express House raid Friday 11 December 2020 A HIGH COURT judge will rule in January on the constitutionality of a police raid on a media house in March. At the end of submissions at the virtual trial on Friday, Justice Frank Seepersad set January 13 for his ruling on the constitutional claim filed by One Caribbean Media Group Ltd, the Trinidad Express Newspapers and editor-in-chief Omatie Lyder against the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Police and Supt Wendell ...