Eighteen per cent of critical care beds available across the health service nationally, which is normal for the autumn. It is not clear how many Covid-19 patients are on critical care wards as this data is not available. 'We are struggling to staff our normal NHS hospitals with self-isolation, with staff sickness and so forth – how are we going to staff Nightingale hospitals? Eighteen per cent of critical care beds available across the health service nationally, which is normal for the autumn. However, there are still more than 13,000 beds available on general wards, considering there are almost 114,000 NHS beds in England overall.

Source: The Nation November 05, 2020 16:07 UTC