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.
Another 24 people die with Covid-19 in Dorset hospitals A FURTHER 24 people have died after with Covid-19 in hospitals across Dorset. Latest figures released by NHS England on Friday, January 22, show a total of 18 deaths have been recorded by University Hospitals Dorset, which runs Bournemouth and Poole hospitals. Eleven deaths were confirmed on January 20 with two occurring on January 12, 19 and 21. One death was recorded January 16. Dorset County Hospital has recorded five deaths with three on January 20 and a further two the following day. One death was reported by Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust on January 20. This means since the start of the pandemic, a total of 526 patients have died with the coronavirus in Dorset hospitals.
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.
And the chief medical officer of UHD said the hospitals have been working to free up capacity. Dr Alyson O’Donnell said: “We were always planning for a sharp increase in Covid-19 patients in January. “As a merged trust, our two acute hospitals are able to work together to share resources and to help each other out. “We also have been working very closely with our community partners to help free up capacity for more patients by helping patients who are medically ready to leave the hospital and will be working with them to maximise the numbers of patients to be discharged.