now, that is a new record low, but it is only marginally worse than the previous month. and nearly 13,000 were waiting more than 12 hours. often what happens is people are on trolleys in corridors, they are kind of being moved around a&e departments, waiting rooms, consultation rooms etc, it s not ideal while they are waiting for a bed in a ward. what the problem seems to be is discharging patients. this is where patients are fit enough to leave hospital but they might need social care packages put in place, either in their own homes or to be put into a care home. the figures show 12,500 beds were taken up by people who were fit enough to leave in the week up to the 9th of january, up from 10,500 the week before, up 20% in a week, so about one in ten last week and it s now about one in eight, so the figures are getting worse. we have been hearing in the social
discharging patients. this is where patients are fit enough to leave hospital, but they might need social care packages put in place, either in their own homes are put into a care home. the figures show that 2500 beds were taken by people who are fit enough to leave in the week up are fit enough to leave in the week up to the 9th of january. that is up from ten and a half thousand a week before, 20% in a week. so that. it is now one in eight. the figures are getting wise. we have been hearing that the social care sector are suffering from staff absences, and care homes in some cases and accepting you patients. there is a big push to discharge patients, free up big push to discharge patients, free up beds, improved flow into the hospitals, there is a sticking point and across the nhs staff absences. not much change overall, staying about the same, but it is different regionally. in london things have
from the bbc sport centre. good evening. manchester united, who ve won the fa cup 12 times, are up against aston villa in their third round tie at old trafford with the winner to host middlesbrough. the home side took an early lead in the eighth minute with fred s bought into the box and seeing tom and tom and i get to the end of it to head past emiliano martinez. these are live pictures now on bbc one, there are about 22 minutes played. philip coutinho who signed from barcelona on loan from aston villa for the remainder of the season is going to be eligible to play in the premier league game against the same opponents on saturday. new figures from the premier league show the number of positive covid i9 tests among players and staff have fallen for the second successive week. in the seven days up to and including the 9th of january, there were 72 new positive cases out
previous month. and nearly 13,000 were waiting more than 12 hours. 0ften were waiting more than 12 hours. often what happens is people are on trolleys in corridors, they are kind of being moved around a&e departments, waiting rooms, consultation rooms etc, it s not ideal while they are waiting for a bed in a ward. what the problem seems to be is discharging patients. this is where patients are fit enough to leave hospital but they might need social care packages put in place, either in their own homes or to be put into a care home. the figures show 12,500 beds were taken up figures show 12,500 beds were taken up by people who were fit enough to leave in the week up to the 9th of january, up from 10,500 the week before, up 20% in a week, so about one in ten last week and it s now about one in eight, so the figures are getting worse. we have been hearing in the social care sector they are also suffering with staff absences, and so in some cases care homes are not accepting new patients
penalites in the euros final. good penalites in the euros final. morning, under clears parts good morning, under clearskies in parts of scotland and northern england there is a touch of frost. rain moving from the south west heading north east and behind that, some mild air. all the details throughout the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, the 29th of january. our main story. the scottish parliament will be recalled this afternoon, as first minister nicola sturgeon delivers an update on rising coronavirus infections. a record number of cases were also recorded in england, but there are still no plans to bring in new restrictions before new year s eve. meanwhile, the uk health security agency has said it has doubled the number of lateral flow kits available, after a group representing thousands of independent pharmacies across the uk claimed the supply was patchy, and they were sending people away empty handed.