Sent by Dorset CCG, the letter states the most important action people can take is staying home. It has been signed by a number of medical professionals, including Sam Crowe, director of Public Health Dorset, Dr Alyson O’Donnell, chief medical officer at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust and Dr Forbes Watson, chair of Dorset CCG. It comes as figures yesterday revealed 204 people were admitted to Dorset hospitals with coronavirus between December 28 and January 3. As of January 5, 272 people were in hospital with the virus, 20 of which required mechanical ventilation. The letter says:
We need your continued help, now.
As set out in the Prime Minister’s announcement our NHS services are under great pressure.
NINE more people have died with coronavirus in Dorset hospitals, latest figures show. Data released by NHS England shows one more person died at the Dorset Healthcare Trust on January 3 and eight died at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust, one on January 6, five on January 5 and one each on January 2 and January 1. It means since the start of the pandemic 365 people have died with the virus in Dorset hospitals. The University Hospitals Dorset Trust has recorded 299 deaths, the Dorset Healthcare Trust has recorded 34 and the Dorset County Hospital’s total remains at 32. Across England, a further 661 people died with the virus in hospital, taking the total to 53,730.
MORE than 200 people were admitted to Dorset hospitals with coronavirus in the space of a week, latest figures show. Data released by NHS England shows, between December 28 and January 3, 204 people were admitted to hospital with Covid-19. At the University Hospitals Dorset Trust, 142 patients were admitted, including 29 on December 30, 23 on December 28 and 24 on January 2. Forty patients were admitted to the Dorset County Hospital, including 11 on December 30, and 22 were admitted to the Dorset Healthcare Trust. As of January 5, the University Hospitals Dorset Trust had 205 coronavirus patients, 16 of which required mechanical ventilation. The Dorset County Hospital had 35 patients, four on mechanical ventilation, and the Dorset Healthcare Trust had 32 patients, none on mechanical ventilation.
Bournemouth on the first day of the third national Covid-19 lockdown WITH the number of people being admitted to hospitals with coronavirus more than doubling compared to pre-Christmas levels, the decision to introduce a new lockdown has been backed. MPs and hospital leaders said Monday’s announcement by prime minister Boris Johnson was “sobering” but welcomed the scaling up of the vaccination programme. The decision to introduce a third lockdown across England was made in the face of continuing infection rate rises and concerns hospitals could become overwhelmed. Speaking on Monday, Mr Johnson said the NHS was under “more pressure from Covid than at any time since the start of the pandemic”. A record number of more than 60,000 cases was confirmed on Tuesday.