Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust cares for 61 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 61 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.

Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust was caring for 61 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 down from 92 on the same day the previous week.

The number of beds at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 increased in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 49.

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 34 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in the week to March 13. This was down from 39 in the previous seven days.