Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust cares for five patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Birmingham Community Healthcare Trust was caring for five patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter

Published 17th Mar 2023, 11:15 GMT

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 Community Healthcare Trust was caring for five 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 two beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Birmingham Community Healthcare 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 13 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 13. This was down from 22 in the previous seven days.