>> Wards are full of (mostly) non-Covid patients.
Went for my regular scan yesterday. During the height of the covid pandemic, it was a: tough to get in the hospital, rather like trying to get through immigration. and b: there was little waiting around, no appreciable "queue" and it was in, do it and out.
Yesterday, Entry into hospital is considerably easier, just a fresh mask and temp check, no questioning why where and when, and the scanner suite was heaving with punters. Mine was delayed by an hour due to backlog.
Clearly my local NHS trust are sweating their assets hard and working their socks off in an attempt, I assume, to catch up. And probably because people are now prepared to report symptoms and seek treatment.
So are hospitals stretched? Clearly, is it Covid? not directly but its the aftermath. The daily "number of people in hospital due to covid" headline lowish statistic that HM gov keeps trotting out, is now a red herring.
Last edited by: Zero on Tue 9 Nov 21 at 11:19
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