Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust cares for seven patients with Covid-19 in hospital

Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust was caring for seven patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.
By Will Grimond, Data Reporter
Published 17th Mar 2023, 11:15 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.

Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust was caring for seven patients with coronavirus in hospital as of Wednesday, figures show.

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

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There were five beds occupied by patients with Covid-19 four weeks ago in Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

Across England there were 8,434 people in hospital with Covid as of March 15, with 184 of them in mechanical ventilation beds.

Nationally, the number of hospital patients with Covid-19 has increased by 17% in the last four weeks, while the number on mechanical ventilators has increased by 34%.

The figures also show that one new patient with Covid was admitted to hospital in Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust in the week to March 13.