across the region our numbers of covid inpatients are almost as high as they were in previous waves. now, we re also dealing with our usual winter pressures and the need to catch up with all that elective work that we wanted to do in previous years, so we ve never felt the pressure so much. keep an eye on it, press on it. the latest data shows more than 40,000 nhs hospital staff in england around 5% were absent because of covid sickness or isolation last week. four patients waiting. and as more staff fall sick, it s needed everyone to get involved. we ve got support from across the organisation of admin staff coming to help is in the mornings, to support with comfort with the patients. so it s a real team effort. absolutely, it s been like that from day one. to ease the pressure on understaffed hospital departments, the government has just changed the rules so isolation can end on day six. uk hsa data shows that around two thirds of positive cases are no
70% to 75% of the covid inpatients that we currently have are unvaccinated. about 90% of those patients in the icu are unvaccinated. so getting vaccinated is incredibly important. so if as the numbers seem to show to this point, that the surge we re seeing in this country is still largely driven by the delta variant, in other words, we have not been hit by the worst of omicron yet, even as it begins to show up in most states around the country, where you are, you re already overwhelmed today. what do you look like in two weeks and four weeks time? it s a great question, jim. so we are definitely concerned. bronson has four hospitals, skilled nursing facility, and currently all of our facilities are at or near capacity, and so as we think about what s going to happen a couple weeks after the holiday season and we ve got congregate gatherings, et cetera, we re very concerned.
had negative tests on days five and six. it s hoped the move will ease pressure on employers hit by staff absences, including the nhs. it comes as the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to another record high during the pandemic. they did say there was a space in g a while ago. in the emergency department at warrington hospital, staff are having to manage competing pressures. the omicron wave is sweeping across north west england with a fast growing number of covid patients. we are running on escalation numbers every day, just to ensure we are safe. staff are falling sick, and all this while non covid patients also need urgent care. it s almost a perfect winter storm. across the region, our numbers of covid inpatients are almost as high as they were in previous waves. now, we re also dealing with our usual winter pressures and the need to catch up with all that elective work that we wanted to do in previous years, so we ve never felt the p
surgery and cancer patients, as well as those in a&e in england will be released later today, amid rising omicron cases and staff sickness. our health correspondent dominic hughes has been to warrington hospital to find out how staff there are coping. he did say there was a space in ge a while ago. in the emergency department at warrington hospital, staff are having to manage competing pressures. the omicron wave is sweeping across north west england, with a fast growing number of covid patients. we are running on escalation numbers every dayjust to ensure that we are safe. staff are falling sick. ..and all this while non covid patients also need urgent care. it s almost a perfect winter storm. in the northwest, we re under significant pressure at the moment. we ve seen those numbers double and, across the region, our numbers of covid inpatients are almost as high as they were in previous waves. now, we re also dealing with our usual winter pressures and the need to catch up with all t
pressure on employers hit by staff absences, especially in the nhs. it comes as the number of people in england waiting to start routine hospital treatment has risen to another record high during the pandemic. our health corresponent, dominic hughes, reports now from warrington hospital in cheshire. you did say there was a space in here a while ago. in the emergency department at warrington hospital, staff are having to manage competing pressures. the omicron wave is sweeping across north west england with a fast growing number of covid patients. we are running on escalation numbers every day, just to ensure we are safe. staff are falling sick, and all this while non covid patients also need urgent care. it s almost a perfect winter storm. across the region our numbers of covid inpatients are almost as high as they were in previous waves. now, we re also dealing with our usual winter pressures and the need to catch up with all that elective work that we wanted to do in previous years,