Bosses say trusts under ‘huge pressure’ as people in ventilator beds increase 41% during last week
NHS bosses have sounded the alarm over the number of people on ventilators in hospital in the UK, which has risen over the past week.
The deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, Saffron Cordery, said the number of Covid patients in hospital on ventilation beds had increased by 41% in the last week to 227, which she said was a strong indication Covid was having an impact on health services.
Cordery told BBC Breakfast: “Trusts on the frontline are really coming under huge pressure … they have plans in place to tackle the backlog, but with more Covid cases and demand for emergency care going up, that’s really challenging.”
