England’s top doctor has warned pressure on NHS hospitals this winter is “not letting up”, with thousands more patients in hospital compared to the same time last year.
New weekly figures show there were 3,372 more patients in hospital each day last week (97,934) than the same period in 2023 (94,562).
Despite the NHS having over 2,700 more beds compared to same week last year (103,557 vs 100,855) – including 99,887 core beds – bed occupancy is higher, with 94.6% of general and acute beds occupied in the week ending 11 February, up from 93.8% last year.
An average of 48,482 staff were off work each day last week, including 1,513 absences each day related to Covid-19.
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