Trust has still not hit its peak of covid patients
Patients at University Hospitals Dorset being tranferred 60 miles away to Nightingale in Exeter
A hospital trust which recently accepted critical covid patients from neighbours may shortly have to send them elsewhere, its chief executive has said.
This comes as covid pressures continue to rise across parts of the South and South West, including in Dorset, where hospitals last week began transferring patients to the Nightingale Hospital in Exeter, to free up capacity. University Hospitals Dorset is transferring patients who require oxygen and non-invasive ventilation.
Chief executive of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust Alex Whitfield told