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Unfortunately it’ll be large amounts of positive today which we’ve seen but a lag until those that will, do succumb to the virus. Expect 1000 to be a starting point.
Unfortunately it’ll be large amounts of positive today which we’ve seen but a lag until those that will, do succumb to the virus. Expect 1000 to be a starting point.As you know i always try and find any positive possible through this. Difficult to at the moment, but bearing in mind its a 10 day incubation period, the 'peak' of cases from the xmas mixing you think would be today, and that as of tomorrow you would expect to see at least cases start to drop?
Probably wrong again but hey ho. So fucking depressing
Sorry to bang on but has anyone got a clue what is going on with vaccinations? It seems a total lottery at the moment who is getting them.
There's a post on my local Facebook group asking if anyone has been contacted from a patient at the same surgery as my Dad. As with my Dad (83 and with health issues) they haven't heard a thing and have been told the surgery doesn't yet have vaccines. However there's replies from people at other surgeries saying they've been vaccinated, and in some cases have already had both doses. Is this not centralised in any way? How can we be implementing the priority system if some surgeries are moving down the list while some haven't even started.
I was under the impression we were trying to get this done as quickly as possible with mass vaccination centres. There was a job advert put out by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust last year for staff for centres at the NEC, Airport, Edgbaston, Villa Park and Millennium Point yet today the government announced there will be seven centres nationwide and only one in the Midlands at Millennium Point. They also said yesterday that there will be 1,000 local centres and 700 are already open. There's over 1,250 hospitals and over 7,500 GP practices so what happens if yours isn't on the list and the bookings aren't being done centrally?
Want to be confident this is being properly managed and my parents, not to mention myself, will get the vaccine as soon as entitled but there's too many inconsistencies in what we're being told at the moment.
My Mum 85 received her 2nd jab this morning, we were expecting a phone call last week cancelling it but thankfully it never came, really pleased she’s been done.Sorry to bang on but has anyone got a clue what is going on with vaccinations? It seems a total lottery at the moment who is getting them.
There's a post on my local Facebook group asking if anyone has been contacted from a patient at the same surgery as my Dad. As with my Dad (83 and with health issues) they haven't heard a thing and have been told the surgery doesn't yet have vaccines. However there's replies from people at other surgeries saying they've been vaccinated, and in some cases have already had both doses. Is this not centralised in any way? How can we be implementing the priority system if some surgeries are moving down the list while some haven't even started.
I was under the impression we were trying to get this done as quickly as possible with mass vaccination centres. There was a job advert put out by University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust last year for staff for centres at the NEC, Airport, Edgbaston, Villa Park and Millennium Point yet today the government announced there will be seven centres nationwide and only one in the Midlands at Millennium Point. They also said yesterday that there will be 1,000 local centres and 700 are already open. There's over 1,250 hospitals and over 7,500 GP practices so what happens if yours isn't on the list and the bookings aren't being done centrally?
Want to be confident this is being properly managed and my parents, not to mention myself, will get the vaccine as soon as entitled but there's too many inconsistencies in what we're being told at the moment.
My kids school has had over 220 applications for the max. 80 places reserved for key workers.....that's nearly half the school.....loads of desperate folk desperately pleading and trying to secure some form of childcare so they can go work.....I've heard others locally are even more over subscribed...
...the head has basically now gotta choose who's most worthy/least vulnerable...
I know they finally had to close schools.....but this is fucking catastrophic for millions.....
Hope there's some miss-communication there. Andy Hardy, chief exec of UHCW, told the Telegraph today there is 158 patients in total with covid in UHCW.UHCW ICU is 100% Covid I've been informed by my NHS worker friend. George Elliott at 104% capacity.
Telegraph said:Of the 158 patients at University Hospital who have Covid, 25 of those are in critical care - a lower proportion than that during the previous height of the pandemic in April 2020.
"We have learned how to treat people differently to keep them out of critical care," said Mr Hardy.
"We have had Covid now for approaching a year, so we have learned lessons."
At the start of this week, the UK's Covid threat level was moved up to level 5 - the most serious - meaning that there is a "material risk of healthcare services being overwhelmed".
And while doctors and nurses across the country are warning of wards being at breaking point due to coronavirus, Mr Hardy said that Coventry is coping right now, although he does expect a rise in Covid patients in the coming weeks.
"That (alert level) has come up with the potential overwhelming of the NHS, but that isn't the situation here in Coventry," he said.
"We have seen numbers increasing and they are about the same as we got to in April last year.
"We are anticipating that with infection rates going up locally, over the next two or three weeks we will see numbers (of patients) go up, although I can't see a situation where we can't cope."
My Mum 85 received her 2nd jab this morning, we were expecting a phone call last week cancelling it but thankfully it never came, really pleased she’s been done.
Wrong thread I know but massively kicking off in Washington atm, very worrying.
Hope there's some miss-communication there. Andy Hardy, chief exec of UHCW, told the Telegraph today there is 158 patients in total with covid in UHCW.
Coventry hospital boss slams Covid conspiracy theory
He also says fighting coronavirus is "a battle we will win"www.coventrytelegraph.net
Oh definitely, she’s younger than her years and very active, her grandkids are everythino to her and I know not being able to spend time with them (especially at Christmas) has had a big impact on her.Know you've had it rough with your pub but at least this allows your mum some freedom in a few weeks.
Think there are 37 beds. Not sure if that's an increase on standard capacity or whether it's 37 + surge. Cov has done reasonably well through the whole pandemic in relation to other citiesI hope so! Although far as im aware 25 covid in critical care would possibly equate to a full ICU?
Will message now and see whats said
I’m speaking as someone with very limited knowledge, but 37 ICU beds for a City the size of Coventry seems very meagre even under normal circumstances, would equate to about 10 beds per 100.000 inhabitants wouldn’t it.Think there are 37 beds. Not sure if that's an increase on standard capacity or whether it's 37 + surge. Cov has done reasonably well through the whole pandemic in relation to other cities
Hence the action taken. Certainly too late and potentially not severe enoughThis is a catastrophe
This is a catastrophe
Think there are 37 beds. Not sure if that's an increase on standard capacity or whether it's 37 + surge. Cov has done reasonably well through the whole pandemic in relation to other cities
It is meagre, if you look at beds per 100K of population the UK is way down the list. For some reason doesn't seem to be getting mentioned much, other than by deniers making out its like this every year, that the NHS is on its knees and in crisis every winter. Should be a national scandal but somehow we've ended up accepting that ambulances will be queued up outside A&E as there isn't the capacity to take the patients.I’m speaking as someone with very limited knowledge, but 37 ICU beds for a City the size of Coventry seems very meagre even under normal circumstances, would equate to about 10 beds per 100.000 inhabitants wouldn’t it.
Genuine question. What do you think everyone else is doing?The roads were really busy this morning as well, don't know if there was an accident somewhere but loads of traffic.
Yeah I was on the road myself....Driving to work before anybody tries to be smart.
Nailed it.It is meagre, if you look at beds per 100K of population the UK is way down the list. For some reason doesn't seem to be getting mentioned much, other than by deniers making out its like this every year, that the NHS is on its knees and in crisis every winter. Should be a national scandal but somehow we've ended up accepting that ambulances will be queued up outside A&E as there isn't the capacity to take the patients.
Years of NHS neglect and diverting money to their mates rather than front line services has come back to haunt us.
Genuine question. What do you think everyone else is doing?
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Here in Oxfordshire, anyone having first jab before 31st December will receive the 2nd during January. All 1st jabs from 1st Jan will not have the second for 12 weeks.My Mum 85 received her 2nd jab this morning, we were expecting a phone call last week cancelling it but thankfully it never came, really pleased she’s been done.
Wrong thread I know but massively kicking off in Washington atm, very worrying.
Let’s hope a good number of them are out there contributing in some way to the vaccination program.The roads were really busy this morning as well, don't know if there was an accident somewhere but loads of traffic.
Yeah I was on the road myself....Driving to work before anybody tries to be smart.
I am just comparing it to the last lockdown when roads were pretty much dead.
Maybe it's more relaxed with non essential tradesmen being allowed to work now compared to the last one and more people being keyworkers and carrying on?
No idea what everybody was doing but judging by some of the shops, going to get their DIY stuff for something to do today.
Seems there is now a problem with people trying to get into hospitals to film empty wards. Seemingly oblivious to that fact that outpatients would be closed in the middle of the night anyway or that wards have been shut as staff moved to work on covid patients.I swear if I hear “plandemic” “sheeple” “NWO” or hatred towards the NHS one more time I’m going to get stabby
Seems there is now a problem with people trying to get into hospitals to film empty wards. Seemingly oblivious to that fact that outpatients would be closed in the middle of the night anyway or that wards have been shut as staff moved to work on covid patients.
Seems there is now a problem with people trying to get into hospitals to film empty wards. Seemingly oblivious to that fact that outpatients would be closed in the middle of the night anyway or that wards have been shut as staff moved to work on covid patients.
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