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

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust was caring for two patients with coronavirus in hospital as of last Wednesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 11th Apr 2023, 11:05 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 two patients with coronavirus in hospital as of last Wednesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on April 5 was in line with the same day the previous week.

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

Across England there were 7,005 people in hospital with Covid as of April 5, with 165 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has decreased by 8% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 1%.

The figures also show that one new patient with Covid was admitted to hospital in Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to April 3. This was the same number as in the previous seven days.