whiston hospital COVID-related admissions are continuing to fall at Whiston Hospital, though it remains in a perilous position. The hospital was on course to surpass 300 Covid inpatients last week, reaching 294 before slowly falling to 284 by Friday. By Monday, that figure had dropped to 275 and has continued to fall all week, albeit slowly. A spokesman for St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has confirmed that as of today (Friday), Whiston Hospital has 242 patients being treated with Covid-19. There has also been a slight improvement in the number of patients needing intensive care, with 10 Covid patients in the hospital’s ICU department, down from 13 on Monday.
HEALTH chiefs have advised people to have a Covid-19 test if they are displaying certain symptoms – after cases of a new variant of the virus were found in St Helens and the region. Sue Forster, St Helens director of public health, issued a statement today explaining that there are other symptoms – additional to the three traditional symptoms – that people should look out for. The three main signs of Covid-19 are a high temperature, a persistent cough or a loss of smell or taste. But there are other symptoms that have been reported by people who have tested positive. Ms Forster said these are: a persistent headache, diarrhoea, fever and chills, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, fatigue, muscle or body aches, sore throat, congestion or runny nose and nausea or vomiting.
It felt good leaving 2020 behind because… well the less said about 2020 the better. Let’s be honest, January is always a bit depressing, but this year was different. This year was undeniably bleaker. It’s not been all bad of course, but not even the UK’s monumental vaccine efforts have managed to rescue the start of 2021. The writing was on the wall in December, when Boris Johnson walked back the highly questionable plans to let households mix over five days of Christmas.
Boris Johnson during one of the government s many daily press conferences held over the past year This was after a new variant of Covid-19 was discovered in London, and was driving up infection rates with reckless abandon.
Whiston staff to join clap for Captain Sir Tom Moore
Floral tributes outside the home in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire, of 100-year-old charity fundraiser Captain Sir Tom Moore who died on Tuesday February 2 after testing positive for Covid-19. PA Photo NHS staff at Whiston Hospital will join a national clap in Captain Sir Tom Moore s memory this evening. Tributes continue to be paid to the veteran, who died yesterday. He has been hailed as having dedicated his life to serving others. Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the public to join in the show of appreciation for the 100-year-old as well as health workers at 6pm on Wednesday evening.