Covid 19 Part XXV-44,159 ROI (1,830 deaths) 21,898 NI (598 deaths) (13/10) Read OP

On the World at One Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, which represents hospitals and other NHS trusts, said hospitals in the north if England were now seeing admission levels equivalent to those in the spring, when the epidemic was at its peak. He also said health chiefs in the region wanted to see restrictions tightened soon to stop the problem getting worse. He told the programme:

I’ve spoken to three chief executives in the north of England today all three of whom are saying, ‘Please, please everybody, don’t be misled by the national statistics’, which show that, yes, hospital admissions are much lower on a national basis than they were in the first phase.

What they’re saying is they are seeing admission levels which are now at the same as they were in the north of England in the peak. And what they’re saying to us is they’re concerned.

In their view, it’s pretty clear evidence that the local lockdown measures that are in place aren’t working sufficiently well ...

So what they’re saying is, we need to think really carefully, really quite quickly, about whether we do need to go for tougher local lockdowns.

Hopson also said any new restrictions needed to be introduced quickly. He said:

And the other point they’re making is there’s no point waiting for tougher local lockdowns until people are swamped. You’ve got to start turning the tap off probably four to six weeks before you think you’re going to hit the peak that you can’t cope with.

So this is now becoming, as far as northern hospitals is concerned, a really important issue, and one that needs to be dealt with quickly.

Eod100 wrote: »

That's just sick. Gardai there should charge them with threatening violence or beech of the peace.

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