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Rise in patients arriving at north Cumbria’s A&E by ambulance

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31 January 2022
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Latest figures reveal more patients were taken to A&E at hospitals in north Cumbria by ambulance.

NHS England’s national medical director warned the pressure on the health service is still “intense”, as the country recorded its busiest week for ambulance A&E arrivals this winter.

NHS data shows 539 people arrived at A&Es at the West Cumberland Hospital in Whitehaven and Carlisle’s Cumberland Infirmary – run by the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust – by ambulance in the week to January 23 – up from 510 the week before.

Of the arrivals last week, 46 (nine per cent) waited more than 30 minutes before being handed over to A&E staff, with six (one per cent ) waiting more than an hour.

This was up slightly from seven per cent waiting over half an hour the week before.

The NHS has a target of 15 minutes for ambulance handovers, but only delays longer than 30 minutes are recorded.

The data also shows an average of 217 staff were off sick because they had COVID-19 or were self-isolating due to the virus each day in the week to January 23 – accounting for 42 per cent of absences.

This was down from the week before, when 51 per cent of absent staff were off for COVID-related reasons.

Across England, an average of 72,000 NHS workers were off sick every day , with 42 per cent absent due to COVID – though this was down from 46 per cent the week before.

Professor Stephen Powis, NHS England’s national medical director, said: “While it is positive to see more NHS staff back at work, pressure on the NHS is still intense, having seen the busiest week for ambulances taking patients to A&E since the start of December – all while pushing to deliver as many routine checks and procedures as possible, including vital diagnostic checks.

“Our staff have already had what feels like a long winter, but despite everything they have had to contend with, they continue to step up as they always do.”

He added the NHS was continuing to work closely with the adult social care sector to ensure patients are safely discharged.

Separate figures show an average of 90,600 adult general and acute beds were open each day in the week to January 23 across hospitals in England, with 84,300 (93 per cent) occupied.

At the North Cumbria Integrated Care Trust, 536 beds were occupied each day on average last week – 94 per cent of the 570 available.

This was broadly in line with the previous week.

Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive of NHS Providers, the body that represents health trusts in England, said the figures showed hospitals were “operating under sustained pressure,” despite a recent fall in COVID-19 cases.

She added: “We know that success in reducing delayed discharges is dependent on having enough staff to facilitate discharges and support patients once they are ready to return home or to other community settings.

“That’s why we are pleased to see that the number of staff absences due to COVID-19 is now decreasing after the Omicron peak, although it’s important to recognise that the total number of staff absences remains high.”

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