Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 86 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 10th Mar 2023, 11:01 BST
File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.
File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 86 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 86 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 8 was up from 67 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 more than doubled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 39.

Across England there were 7,655 people in hospital with Covid as of March 8, with 166 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 20% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 42%.

The figures also show that 52 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to March 6. This was up from 29 in the previous seven days.