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
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 longer infectious by the end of day five, and we want to use the testing capacity that we ve built up to help these people leave isolation safely. new figures from nhs england show the havoc the pandemic has played with waiting times. in november 2021, 6 million people
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 us 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. ukhsa data shows that around two thirds of positive cases are no longer infectious by the end of day five, and we want to use the testing capacity that we ve built up to help these people leave isolation safely. new figures from nhs england show the havoc the pandemic has played with waiting times. in november 2021, six million people were waiting for planned surgery. 307,000 people have been waiting more than a year for their treatment.