Hospitals across the country are losing thousands of NHS employees every day because they have to isolate themselves to Covid, and a London hospital has seen nearly 300 employees in a week-long call saying they have to isolate themselves.
With Omicron spreading across the country, and London in particular, it is not surprising that NHS personnel have also contracted the virus.
An NHS Trust, St Barts, has reported that 864 employees were absent in seven days due to either catching Covid or having to isolate themselves, up from 597 the week before, meaning 267 people were called to say they had to isolate themselves in just one week. according to the woman.
Read more: Hospital patient numbers soar as Omicron variant sweeps through town
Los hospitales St Barts Trust incluyen St Bartholomew’s, Royal London, Mile End, Whipps Cross y Newham.
The Trust had 187 Covid patients on Saturday (December 25), 31 of whom were in intensive care beds.
“We have plans to redeploy staff in the coming weeks if necessary,” said Alistair Chaeser, Medical Director of the St Barts NHS Trust.
Imperial College Hospital Director Professor Tim Orchard said the staff absences were so high in their confidence that they “also have to ask some to move temporarily to support areas facing special challenges.”
It’s the same story across the country.
Covid-19 absences from England rose from 12,240 to 18,829 between December 12 and 19, around 1,000 a day, according to official NHS figures.
UK Health Security Agency Director Dr Jenny Harris told the BBC: ‘We have very high patient rates.
“This has an impact on the workforce, so it’s not just about hospitalization rates.”
His words of caution come as the UKHSA’s preliminary findings show that Omicron cases are less likely than delta cases to lead to hospitalization.
An intensive care consultant at a major London hospital told The Mirror that patients who are ill or who have to be isolated may pose a “greater threat” compared to hospitalization.
But he also warned that many of those taken to the hospital have not been vaccinated.
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He told The Mirror: “Many people constantly need oxygen through a mask.
“People should know that being hospitalized with Omicron means they are seriously ill. Some have reached intensive care.
“Even being in a general ward generally means spending two weeks in the hospital. So anyone who thinks they don’t deserve to be vaccinated is stabbed because you could be one of them. “
“These people are not vaccinated almost exclusively and belong to the youngest age groups.
And even when we treat them with oxygen, some of them deny the need to get vaccinated. Everyone is worried about the new year, when the peak will come and how long they will end up in the intensive care unit. “
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