More patients visited A&E at Royal Cornwall Hospitals last month, with demand rising well above the levels seen during the first national lockdown last year. NHS England figures show 13,997 patients visited A&E at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust in April. That was a rise of 19% on the 11,733 visits recorded during March, and more than double the 6,835 patients seen in April 2020. However, the figures show attendances were below the levels seen before the coronavirus pandemic – in April 2019, there were 18,773 visits to A&E at Royal Cornwall Hospitals. The majority of attendances last month were via minor A&E departments – those which treat minor injuries and illnesses such as fractures, cuts and bruises – while 41% were via major departments, with full resuscitation equipment and 24-hour consultant-led care.
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Up to 8,700 patients died after catching Covid-19 while in hospital being treated for another medical problem, according to official NHS data obtained by the Guardian.
The figures, which were provided by the hospitals themselves, were described as “horrifying” by relatives of those who died.
Jeremy Hunt, the former health secretary, said that hospital-acquired Covid “remains one of the silent scandals of this pandemic, causing many thousands of avoidable deaths”.
NHS leaders and senior doctors have long claimed hospitals have struggled to stop Covid spreading because of shortages of single rooms, a lack of personal protective equipment and an inability to test staff and patients early in the pandemic.
The Vander stunt team members run, skip, juggle and even perform blindfolded on the outside of the wheel during what organisers describe as a “mesmerising” stunt display.
The team, established in 1987, has performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Glastonbury, Moscow’s Red Square and the F1 GP in Bahrain.
For those keen on livestock displays, The Sheep Show will feature nine breeds of sheep presented in a live stage show and culminating in an all-action sheep shearing demonstration.
The show in the style of New Zealand sheep shearing events has appeared at more than 120 outdoor shows from the Orkney Isles to the Royal Cornwall Show.
The Vander stunt team members run, skip, juggle and even perform blindfolded on the outside of the wheel during what organisers describe as a “mesmerising” stunt display.
The team, established in 1987, has performed at the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Glastonbury, Moscow’s Red Square and the F1 GP in Bahrain.
For those keen on livestock displays, The Sheep Show will feature nine breeds of sheep presented in a live stage show and culminating in an all-action sheep shearing demonstration.
The show in the style of New Zealand sheep shearing events has appeared at more than 120 outdoor shows from the Orkney Isles to the Royal Cornwall Show.