NHS hospitals braced for wave of critical incidents as doctors’ strikes loom

Demand for beds remains high because of large numbers of patients with flu and other seasonal viruses, plus the ongoing struggle toAs they go on strike, their colleagues in Wales will return to work after a 72-hour walkout which started on Wednesday.

The total is down slightly by 8 per cent from 2,390 the previous week, but is still up 68 per cent since the start of January, while the number in critical care is the highest so far this winter. Dr Tim Cooksley, immediate past president of the Society for Acute Medicine, said: “These latest figures are indicative of the anticipated and entirely predictable winter crisis which continues to intensify and, as we have warned previously, has not yet peaked.

In addition, an average of 2,720 people who had tested positive for Covid-19 were in hospital last week, down from 3,229 the previous week. Covid-19 patient numbers peaked at more than 9,000 last winter.Delays in discharging patients continue to put further pressure on hospitals, with an average of 13,624 beds per day last week occupied by people medically fit to leave. This is down very slightly from 13,766 the previous week but remains well above levels seen for much of the winter.

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