University Hospitals Sussex Trust cares for 88 patients with Covid-19 in hospital

By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 17th Feb 2023, 12:07 BST
File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.
File photo dated 18/1/2023 of a NHS hospital ward, as nursing university applicants have fallen by 24%, leading to fears the reduction could exacerbate Scotland's NHS recruitment crisis.
University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 88 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

University Hospitals Sussex Trust was caring for 88 patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital with Covid-19 by 8am on February 15 was up from 39 on the same day the previous week.

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The number of beds at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust occupied by people who tested positive for Covid-19 doubled in the last four weeks – 28 days ago, there were 44.

Across England there were 7,209 people in hospital with Covid as of February 15, with 137 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 14% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 6%.

The figures also show that 60 new patients with Covid were admitted to hospital in University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust in the week to February 13. This was up from 31 in the previous seven days.