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This is what I THINK has been happening to hospitals for the last couple of months...
OCCUPANCY LEVELS have remained stable even though there has been a large increase in C0VID patients. Most of these are misdiagnoses and mislabeled C0VID due to how the PCR tests are being used.
OCCUPANCY LEVELS have remained stable even though there has been a large increase in C0VID patients. Most of these are misdiagnoses and mislabeled C0VID due to how the PCR tests are being used.
Issues with patient flow are also causing some delays at the front door with AMBULANCES even though total ambulance demand is lower than at the same time last year. We still have fewer patients attending A&E despite being in the throws of a 'pandemic'.
A major consequence of increasing the number of C0VID patients (mostly through testing) is that the patient experience and management of hospital flow is negatively impacted. As a result of this appointments and treatments are being CANCELLED resulting in longer waiting times.
CANCER treatment had returned to pre-pandemic levels, however treatments have dropped again in recent weeks. Again, this is mostly due to the impact of hospital-based C0VID measures (including staff absences through regular testing) as well as the usual seasonal pressures.
What's also evident is average LENGTH OF STAY of C0VID positive patients has decreased significantly over the past weeks as hospitals have been diagnosing more patients with lower acuity. This is also reflected in the proportion of COVID patients receiving oxygen being around 50%
There's been an increase in ITU usage & capacity. As with the '1st wave' this could be a result of the recommended course of treatment for patients with C0VID-like symptoms, be seasonal and a result of patients experiencing delays in treatment becoming acutely unwell. However...
We can't rule out that the increase is a result of serious adverse reactions to the CoVax of which there is limited or no information in the public domain. Of the data available and the volumes administered it has to be contemplated as a factor affecting hospitals in recent weeks
Ultimately hospitals have the capacity to treat patients and could be treating more but are hindered by the C0VID practices being implemented. We've not utilised anywhere near the available private-sector capacity and have barely touched the Nightingale hospitals.
The NHS is being over-protected & over-burdened by nonsensical practices implemented through the lens of a C0VID-19 ideology. It begs the question: is this an over-reaction to an over-exaggerated threat that ultimately does more harm than good. The cure is worse than the disease.
