Hospital declares critical incident after shortage of beds due to Covid

The problem is set to become worse in the coming days as cases in the area rise

A Devon hospital inundated with coronavirus patients has been forced to declare an ‘internal critical incident’.

Jo Beer, chief operating officer at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, said: ‘The Trust entered an internal critical incident on Monday. ‘Pressure is also being felt in the region’s wider health and social care system, this presents some impact on the ability to discharge patients into the community care settings when medically fit.’

He said there were currently 100 patients who were ‘medically fit for discharge’ but the hospital was unable to place them into community or social care.

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