In April 2020, the highest number of inpatients was 153. As of today, the hospital is 274 Covid patients, with 19 – enough to almost fill an entire ward – admitted on Thursday alone. The trust has already had to expand intensive care capacity to treat the increasing number of Covid patients requiring the highest levels of care. Under normal capacity, Whiston has 14 critical care beds. The latest admission data from NHS England shows that, as of January 19, 14 beds were being filled with some of the sickest Covid patients. The trust s medical director, Prof Rowan Pritchard Jones said the current levels of activity at Whiston Hospital is putting a “huge strain” on resources and staff.
Number of critical care beds occupied is 70% higher than last winter and a quarter of hospitals had NO space amid Covid crisis, NHS data reveals (so how much busier is YOUR trust?)
NHS figures showed 5,176 critical care beds occupied on January 17 compared to 3,066 same time last year
Analysis by MailOnline also reveals a quarter of all trusts had no spare space in their ICUs, double last year
MailOnline has designed an interactive tool to let you check how busy your local ICU was on January 17
The GP-led mass vaccination programme has been running since December, with mass clinics running at Saints’ stadium. However, only the first wave of patients to receive the Pfizer vaccine have had their booster jabs, after the government changed its strategy to ensure more of the population receive an initial dose. The arrival of the Oxford-AstraZeneca has enabled GPs to ramp up its operation, allowing them to start vaccinating smaller care homes and housebound patients. On Wednesday, St Helens CCG’s governing body were told the primary care network (PCN) vaccination programme is going “extremely well”, with GPs now offering vaccinations to over 70s.
Eamonn McManus proud of Saints stadium s role in fighting Covid-19 IN the nine years since Saints’ Langtree Park opened the stadium has been scene to many a big match, but the ‘fixture’ it is currently hosting is without doubt its most important. The Totally Wicked Stadium is playing a high-profile role in the national fight against a global pandemic as Merseyside’s first mass Covid-19 Vaccination Centre. To be able to fulfil this key role in the north west is something that fills Saints chairman Eamonn McManus with pride. The club chairman said: “The first thing to stress is that these are awful times, and clearly this is not something we would ever have envisaged or desired.
The healtcare workers who have died from Covid-19 At least 220 frontline health and care workers have been identified after dying with coronavirus. Through tributes from loved ones and confirmation through sources such as local NHS trusts and other authorities, the PA news agency has confirmed the names of health and social care workers who have died after contracting Covid-19 since March 11 2020. This chronological list contains people who were working in roles shortly before their deaths where they were likely to come into contact with patients. The figure is likely to be lower than the true number of workers who have died, as the names of some victims will not yet be in the public domain.