NHS Providers: Nasty winter bugs continuing to wreak havoc on the NHS

Responding to the latest winter data from NHS England, the interim chief executive of NHS Providers, Saffron Cordery said:

“Nasty winter bugs are still wreaking havoc on the NHS with a worrying spike in norovirus cases over the past week.

“Trust leaders will be hoping they've finally turned a corner on flu cases, but rates are still uncomfortably high with Covid-19 and RSV also piling on the pressure.

“While ambulance handover delays are down by a third, demand for hospital beds shows no signs of easing. This challenging situation is being made even trickier due to high levels of delayed discharges, with 1 in 7 hospital beds taken up by patients who were fit to be discharged.”