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

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

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter

Published 17th Mar 2023, 11:15 BST

File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.

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

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on March 15 was up from three on the same day the previous week.

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 8,434 people in hospital with Covid as of March 15, with 184 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 17% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 34%.

The figures also show that three new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 13. This was down from five in the previous seven days.