Airedale has now seen 180 hospital deaths from Covid-19 THERE has been one further death from Covid-19 in the Bradford district s hospitals recorded today. The death occurred at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, taking the total number of deaths at the Trust to 180, and the total in the district s hospitals to 615. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has seen 433 deaths, and Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust has seen two. A further 339 people who tested positive for coronavirus have died in hospital in England, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths reported in hospitals to 46,122, NHS England has confirmed. Patients were aged between 44 and 100-years-old. All except 13, aged between 64 and 95, had known underlying health conditions.
Sovereign Healthcare. Photo by Mark Bromham SOVEREIGN Health Care has donated more than a quarter of a million pounds to the NHS in Yorkshire throughout 2020. The charity, which sent some of the funds to Bradford Teaching Hospitals Trust, Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust and Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, said it was part of its ongoing commitment to supporting health services in the region. The funding will help staff training and morale and develop new infrastructure. So far, the £276,000 has helped to fund initiatives including nursing training and development programmes, NHS staff recognition awards and investment in new services and treatment units.
THREE further Covid-19-related hospital deaths have been reported in the Bradford district today. All of those deaths were at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, while Airedale did not report any deaths. Of the patients at Bradford Teaching Hospitals, one person died on December 2, another on November 29 and a further death on November 28. It means the total number of reported hospital deaths in the Bradford district, according to NHS figures, now stands at 614 - 433 at Bradford Teaching Hospitals; 179 at Airedale and two at Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. Elsewhere in West Yorkshire, Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust reported two further deaths, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust reported one and Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which includes Pinderfields, reported six.
BRADFORD City will celebrate the district s NHS heroes by dedicating their weekend match to the city hospital trust s Christmas campaign. The Bantams will dedicate their clash with Cambridge United at Valley Parade this Saturday to Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and its ‘Sparkle for Axl’ campaign. ‘Sparkle for Axl’ fund is providing additional specialist toys and games for children and young people - as well as the work Bradford Hospitals’ Charity does in supporting children in hospital and both running the Bradford Royal Infirmary and St Luke’s Hospitals, the children’s ward at both these institutes and the NHS as a whole.
Dr Mahendra Patel calls for more people to take part in PRINCIPLE treatment trial A TOP Bradford pharmacist has urged people to unite in the race to find an early and effective treatment for coronavirus amid fears of a third wave. Dr Mahendra Patel, the national BAME community and pharmacy lead for University of Oxford s PRINCIPLE trial, warned that the vaccine alone is not enough to curb the virus and rising hospital admissions. Dr Patel asked Bradfordians to ask if Christmas celebrations are worth a gamble with the potential loss of life as a direct result. He added that many families who are not part of the Christian faith will also be mixing.