Seven more coronavirus deaths recorded at Dorset hospitals Seven new coronavirus deaths have been recorded at the newly-formed University Hospitals Dorset Trust in the latest 24-hour period, the latest official figures show. NHS England figures show 557 people had died in hospital at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust as of 5pm on Monday (January 25). There have been 274 deaths in University Hospitals Dorset, 107 at Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 68 at Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 63 in Dorset County Hospital and 45 within the Dorset Healthcare Universities Trust. The victims were among 3,261 deaths recorded across the South West. Daily death counts are revised each day, with each case backdated to the actual date of death.
24 more coronavirus-related deaths reported at Dorset hospitals in latest figures TWENTY FOUR more coronavirus-related deaths have been reported in the latest 24-hour period, according to figures from NHS England. Five more Covid-19 patients have died at Dorset County Hospital, as of 5pm on Thursday, January 21. NHS England reports that three people with coronavirus died on Wednesday, January 20 and two patients with Covid-19 died on Thursday, January 21. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 61 patients with coronavirus have died within the Dorset County Hospital Trust. Elsewhere in Dorset, 18 patients with coronavirus have died at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust in the same time period.
THE NHS in Dorset has called on a specialist elderly care provider for help as hospital beds fill with Covid patients. Encore Care Homes has partnered with the NHS to temporarily take extra non-Covid residents at short notice as pressure increases on hospital staff. The firm is now looking for more than 500 people with adult social care experience to join the newly-formed, not-for-profit care agency, Care Club. A range of roles are available including registered nurses, care practitioners, senior healthcare assistants and healthcare assistants based in Bournemouth, Poole, and Christchurch. Care Club members will ensure the delivery of personalised continuity of care to the residents.
TWELVE new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Dorset - including two at Dorset County Hospital. Two new coronavirus deaths have been recorded at Dorset County Hospital Trust in the latest 24-hour period, the latest official figures show. NHS England figures show 56 people had died in hospital at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as of 5pm on Wednesday (January 20). It means there have been 15 deaths in the past week, up from nine the previous week. Ten new coronavirus deaths have been recorded at the newly-formed University Hospitals Dorset Trust in the latest 24-hour period. NHS England figures show 403 people had died in hospital at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust as of 5pm on Wednesday (January 20).