Hospitals in Manchester, Sunderland and Harrogate told to prepare, says Stephen Powis
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Three Nightingale hospitals in Manchester, Sunderland and Harrogate, have been told to mobilise, ready to take people with Covid-19 or other conditions to relieve pressure on the NHS, as the steep rise in infections results inexorably in more hospital cases and more deaths, NHS England’s medical director has said.
In a grim briefing warning that deaths and numbers of people in hospital were rising in line with soaring infections in England, Stephen Powis also said NHS staff in high-risk areas would be tested regularly, even if they did not have symptoms.
