Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust cares for five patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 10th Feb 2023, 12:53 BST
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust was caring for five patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust was caring for five patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

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

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There were five beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 6,382 people in hospital with Covid as of February 8, with 117 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 18% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 36%.

The figures also show that two new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 6. This was up from one in the previous seven days.