What’s Behind the Pressure on Hospitals?
Fri 11:01 am +01:00, 15 Jan 2021
The guys at AdapNation have put together a handy infographic using the information they’ve gathered from NHS insiders and other sources. They explain:
This explains the discordance between the lower-than-normal bed use and ambulance stats vs the NHS alarm bells.
I had the insightful opportunity to interview an NHS employee involved in the logistics of a busy England hospital today.
The message was clear – they are insanely busy. It’s a pressure cooker environment beyond the high pressure they experience every winter.
However, the reason is not a single headline. It doesn’t marry with the raw hospital data. And it certainly is not due to an abnormal excess of acute respiratory infections.
Check out the image [above] that summarises the issues NHS Hospitals are currently facing.
This matches the experience and insights we have received directly from Dr. Malcolm Kendrick, Dr, Clare Craig, various anonymous NHS Hospital workers and a couple of GP staff too.
Worth checking out.
Stop Press: Lockdown Sceptics contributor Jonathan Engler has summarised much of the same data in a Twitter thread.
