yes. we are seeing this. i was working yesterday evening and we had to close off one area of my department because we had a lot of covid cases and although they were not very sick, they were definitely around and some of them needed to come into hospital. the big problem is not necessarily the modest rise in hospitalisations, it is the issues here, it is a workforce problem so if we are talking about england, one in 30 having covid at the moment, they are people who can t work and health care workers are vulnerable to picking up covid because of their environment and they do a lot of work which is people facing so you then create a workforce problem. lots of staff are off. that is creating problems on awards and we don t have enough beds for patients, and this is translating into lots of people at the hospitals and the emergency
about to break up they have done so in scotland and we will see that elsewhere in the uk, and we have seen when schools are on holiday, just because of the interactions we have, the most up to date figures are for england. there are currentlyjust under 9,000 covid patients. some are there because of another health issue, that is still below april s number of over 16,500. nhs staff say the virus is making life more difficult at a time of high pressure. health care workers are vulnerable to pick up covid because of the environment they work in, because they do a lot of work which is people facing, so you then create this workforce problem, where what we are seeing is lots of staff are off. and that s creating lots of problems that we can t open wards, we don t have enough beds to look after patients coming through. vaccines are continuing including at this centre at bath racecourse. as infections rise, health officials are urging all those who qualified for a second booster to come f
i asked him if the increase in covid infections is being reflected in hospital admissions. it isa it is a workforce problem in some ways most of all, because we have people who can t work and health care workers are vulnerable to picking up covid because of the environment they work in and because they do a lot of work which is people facing, so you then create a workforce problem and we are seeing lots of staff are off and that is creating lots of problems, we don t have enough beds to look after the patients, and this is translating
that over that holiday period the infection rates may go down. total numbers have gone up, the most up to date figures are for england, there are currentlyjust under 9,000 covid patients, some are there because of another health issue, that is still below april s number of over 16,500. nhs staff say the virus is making life more difficult at a time of high pressure. health care workers are vulnerable to pick up covid because of the environment they work in, because they do a lot of work which is people facing, so you then create this workforce problem, where what we are seeing is lots of staff are off. that is creating problems that we don t have enough beds to look after patients coming through. vaccines are continuing including at this centre at bath racecourse. health officials are urging those who qualified for a second booster to come forward. in the autumn, those aged 65 and over are set to get a fourth dose, they have been calls for that to be reduced to 50. officials want to st
because of another health issue, thatis because of another health issue, that is still below april s number of over 16,500. nhs staff say the virus is making life more difficult at a time of high pressure. health care workers are vulnerable to pick up covid because of the environment they work in, because they do a lot of work which is people facing, so you then create this workforce problem, where what we are seeing is lots of staff are off. that is creating problems that we don t have enough beds to look after patients coming through. vaccine are continuing including at this centre at bath racecourse. health officials are urging those who qualified for a second booster to come forward. in the autumn, those aged 65 and over are set to get a fourth dose, they have been calls for that to be reduced to 50. 0fficials calls for that to be reduced to 50. officials want to stress that covid hasn t gone away, and their message is it is sensible to use hand gel,