PRINCESS Alexandra Hospital is one of twenty-three hospital trusts that have more than a third of their core bed base occupied by covid-19 patients reports the Health Service Journal (HSJ.

Such high covid occupancy in both intensive care and the core bedbase is putting severe strain on hospitals’ ability to treat other patients. Most or all of the trusts under the greatest pressure have now cancelled routine planned surgery, and many are struggling with crowding, delays getting patients into and out of emergency departments due to the space available, and a lack of staff.

Princess Alexandra Hospital

Share of adult general and acute beds which are occupied by confirmed covid-19 patients

Nov 17th: 9.2%

Nov 24th: 13.1%

Dec 1st: 16.2%

Dec 8th: 15.4%

Dec 15th: 20.1%

Dec 22nd: 25.6%

Dec 29th: 35.4%

The full report can be found here

https://www.hsj.co.uk/coronavirus/exclusive-new-data-reveals-the-23-trusts-with-over-a-third-of-beds-occupied-by-covid-patients/7029244.article