It’s been reported that there were more patients in hospitals in the last week of January than at any other point so far this winter, with the number of Norovirus cases in hospitals seeing a continued rise. It was also reported that around 96% of adult hospital beds were occupied at this time, which is a record for this winter.
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00:00It's been reported that there were more patients in hospitals in the last week of January than
00:05at any other point so far this winter, with the number of neurovirus cases in hospitals
00:09seeing a continued rise.
00:11It was also reported that around 96% of adult hospital beds were occupied at this time,
00:17which is a record for this winter.
00:19It was reported that nearly 13,800 patients were in hospital even though medically fit
00:24to be sent home, which is also a record high this winter.
00:28In order to help the spike in NHS patients, the NHS leaders reportedly incited upgraded
00:3324-hour coordination centres, support for frequent uses of A&E and strengthened same-day
00:39emergency care.
00:40The Health and Social Care Secretary, Wes Streeting, said that patients and staff are
00:44facing unacceptable conditions in hospitals up and down the country this winter.
00:49He added that it will take time to fix the NHS, but with investment in proper reform,
00:54we can make our health service fit for the future and make sure that annual winter pressures
00:59do not automatically lead to an annual winter crisis.
01:03But what do you think?