Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust cares for one Covid-19 patient in hospital

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust was caring for one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Andrew Dowdeswell, Data Reporter
Published 20th Jan 2023, 11:18 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 one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on January 18 was down from five on the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 6,299 people in hospital with Covid as of January 18, with 146 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has decreased by 27% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 16%.

The figures also show that no new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to January 16. This was down from eight in the previous seven days.