Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust cares for 13 Covid-19 patients in hospital

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust was caring for 13 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.
By Katie Williams, Data Reporter
Published 25th Mar 2022, 10:52 BST
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.
Orderlies push a bed at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry.

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust was caring for 13 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

NHS England data shows the number of people being treated in hospital for Covid-19 by 8am on March 22 was up from 10 on the same day the previous week.

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There were five beds occupied by Covid-19 patients four weeks ago in Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Across England there were 13,060 people in hospital with Covid as of March 22, with 269 of them in mechanical ventilation beds – though none were at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalised nationally has increased by 46% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has decreased by 5%.

The figures also show that six new Covid patients were admitted to hospital in Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust in the week to March 20. This was down from eight in the previous seven days.