5,000 flu and norovirus patients are still stuck in hospital More than 5,000 patients are still stuck in hospital with flu and norovirus – the equivalent of one in 20 NHS beds.
Three times as many people have had to stay in hospital this year after the worst flu season in seven years.
This has combined with a spike in norovirus cases to fill the equivalent of ten acute hospitals with these patients alone, the head of NHS England warned.
Simon Stevens said NHS staff had worked tirelessly to cope with this winter’s pressures. He praised their efforts at reducing so-called bedblocking, adding that the health service had ‘turned the corner’ by working with councils to enable patients to be discharged more quickly. The Daily Mail
Three times as many people have had to stay in hospital this year after the worst flu season in seven years.
This has combined with a spike in norovirus cases to fill the equivalent of ten acute hospitals with these patients alone, the head of NHS England warned.
Simon Stevens said NHS staff had worked tirelessly to cope with this winter’s pressures. He praised their efforts at reducing so-called bedblocking, adding that the health service had ‘turned the corner’ by working with councils to enable patients to be discharged more quickly. The Daily Mail
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