THE trust which runs Halton Hospital has hit another sad milestone in its fight against coronavirus. Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has seen its Covid-19 death toll surpass 400 following 13 patient deaths over the weekend. As a result, the number of trust patients that have died since the start of the pandemic after testing positive for the virus now stands at 411. Covid-19 patients are being treated Warrington Hospital in a bid to keep Halton Covid-secure. As of this afternoon, Monday, Warrington Hospital is caring for 223 patients that have contracted coronavirus, with 22 in intensive care. Over the weekend, a further 31 patients were discharged after recovering from Covid-19, bringing the discharge total to date to 1,452.
By Aran Dhillon, Local Democracy Reporter
Halton Hospital WARRINGTON’S bid for a new hospital has a ‘window of opportunity’. Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s director of strategy and partnerships, Lucy Gardner, updated Warrington Borough Council s health scrutiny committee during its virtual meeting on Thursday. One slide shown to councillors highlighted the ‘window of opportunity’ and stated ‘we find ourselves at a critical point in time’ in terms of opportunities around development and funding. Ms Gardner confirmed the vision is for the provision of hospital services in a fit for purpose estate, along with releasing land to support regeneration and ensuring interconnectivity with education and employment, as well as health and social care.
Warrington Hospital RESIDENTS are being urged to help reduce ‘huge pressures’ faced at Warrington Hospital amid the coronavirus pandemic. The hospital currently has 206 Covid-19 patients, including 24 who are in intensive care. And Warrington Borough Council and Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are calling on members of the public to play their part. They are being advised to call NHS 111 if they need urgent care, and to only dial 999 if their condition is life-threatening. Trust chief executive Professor Simon Constable, said: “The number of patients with Covid-19 remains high and our staff are working really hard to provide the care and compassion that patients need, including urgent and cancer care.
One in EIGHT NHS hospitals didn t have any spare intensive care beds last week, official figures show as units still caring for 3,600 Covid patients
NHS figures published today reveal 18 out of 140 major trusts were at 100% occupancy in their ICUs last week
Also show that ICUs are more than 70 per cent busier than they have been at any time over the past five years
There are still more than 3,600 critically-ill Covid suffers in English hospitals out of 5,400 total ICU
patients
At least 222 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.