‘It’s going to get worse’: view from inside the NHS as winter approaches

Amid warnings of ‘unprecedented’ demand for hospital beds, six health workers describe how pressures are affecting them

Bed occupancy in England’s hospitals has already reached normal peak winter levels, NHS leaders have warned.

While modelling suggests that the rise in Covid infection levels appears to have stalled for now, the chief executive of NHS Providers has stressed that bed occupancy levels at acute hospitals are already at 94-96%, an “unprecedented” situation not normally seen until the middle of winter.

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