| One question about Covid hospitalisations 11:05 - Dec 18 with 1036 views | pointofblue |
Are the figures based on the number of people who are in hospital because of Covid or include those who have gone in for other reasons but have tested positive after admission? |  |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:19 - Dec 18 with 992 views | BlueBadger |
Both. But, anecdotally, the former group are by far the largest group. [Post edited 18 Dec 2021 11:19]
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:20 - Dec 18 with 977 views | Keno |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:19 - Dec 18 by BlueBadger |
Both. But, anecdotally, the former group are by far the largest group. [Post edited 18 Dec 2021 11:19]
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are you back to manic stupid busy again? |  |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:22 - Dec 18 with 961 views | pointofblue |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:19 - Dec 18 by BlueBadger |
Both. But, anecdotally, the former group are by far the largest group. [Post edited 18 Dec 2021 11:19]
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Thanks for the reply - and best wishes to you and your colleagues too. I’m struggling and all I have to do is look after myself; can only wonder what you all have been through over the past (nearly) two years. | |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:24 - Dec 18 with 960 views | BlueBadger |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:20 - Dec 18 by Keno |
are you back to manic stupid busy again? |
Picking up again. But I'm now on forced time off till midnight Xmas eve as Mrs Badger has a positive lat flow and PCR. All my tests so far are negative, but trust policy is that I have to stay off 10 days and daily lat flows.
I'm expecting post Christmas to be carnage. | |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:25 - Dec 18 with 940 views | BlueBadger |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:22 - Dec 18 by pointofblue |
Thanks for the reply - and best wishes to you and your colleagues too. I’m struggling and all I have to do is look after myself; can only wonder what you all have been through over the past (nearly) two years. |
As I said to Keno below, I'm now on 10 days forced time off - I don't have to isolate under national guidelines but I have to stay off under [redacted] Trust guidelines.
Probably going to hell for saying this but 10 days' downtime before what I'm expecting to be utter carnage is just what's needed, right now. [Post edited 18 Dec 2021 11:26]
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:26 - Dec 18 with 930 views | pointofblue |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:24 - Dec 18 by BlueBadger |
Picking up again. But I'm now on forced time off till midnight Xmas eve as Mrs Badger has a positive lat flow and PCR. All my tests so far are negative, but trust policy is that I have to stay off 10 days and daily lat flows.
I'm expecting post Christmas to be carnage. |
Looks like they’re planning to impose a form of lockdown after Christmas though the big problem will be getting it through Parliament. I guess if the opposition back it they should manage it.
Hope both you and your missus are ok. [Post edited 18 Dec 2021 11:26]
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:27 - Dec 18 with 916 views | BlueBadger |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:26 - Dec 18 by pointofblue |
Looks like they’re planning to impose a form of lockdown after Christmas though the big problem will be getting it through Parliament. I guess if the opposition back it they should manage it.
Hope both you and your missus are ok. [Post edited 18 Dec 2021 11:26]
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I'm grand, she's basically a bit 'coldy' being double jabbed and(ironically) booster'd the morning before symptoms started. | |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:31 - Dec 18 with 884 views | pointofblue |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:27 - Dec 18 by BlueBadger |
I'm grand, she's basically a bit 'coldy' being double jabbed and(ironically) booster'd the morning before symptoms started. |
Glad you’re ok and hope your missus’ symptoms remain as they are.
Getting my booster tomorrow but you may be the best person to ask - I was deemed a close contact of someone who then came down with Covid last Friday (10th). I’ve been taking daily LFTs which have come back negative with no underlying systems. Am I ok to get the booster or should I postpone until after Monday, which will be day ten after contact?  I’ve looked online but the guidance isn’t overly clear. | |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:35 - Dec 18 with 867 views | BlueBadger |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:31 - Dec 18 by pointofblue |
Glad you’re ok and hope your missus’ symptoms remain as they are.
Getting my booster tomorrow but you may be the best person to ask - I was deemed a close contact of someone who then came down with Covid last Friday (10th). I’ve been taking daily LFTs which have come back negative with no underlying systems. Am I ok to get the booster or should I postpone until after Monday, which will be day ten after contact? I’ve looked online but the guidance isn’t overly clear. |
It's been a bit of a nightmare this past 24 hours - I've had 5 colleagues on 'notice' as we've recently added to team numbers so there's more people in our medium-is sized office at handover times, thankfully my PCR results mean we're only losing me for a week. And by a quirk of the duty roster, there's only one potentially problematic shift with no cover. | |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:36 - Dec 18 with 863 views | Swansea_Blue |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:27 - Dec 18 by BlueBadger |
I'm grand, she's basically a bit 'coldy' being double jabbed and(ironically) booster'd the morning before symptoms started. |
ThEy inJektiD er wiV cOwviD to KoNtrowl eR!
Hope she stays ok (and same for everyone else on here who's caught it - seems to be a lot for this place at the moment). |  |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:37 - Dec 18 with 855 views | BlueBadger |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:36 - Dec 18 by Swansea_Blue |
ThEy inJektiD er wiV cOwviD to KoNtrowl eR!
Hope she stays ok (and same for everyone else on here who's caught it - seems to be a lot for this place at the moment). |
It's as rife in the community as I've known it over the past two years. I'm genuinely more worried about this winter than I was last. [Post edited 18 Dec 2021 11:37]
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:39 - Dec 18 with 835 views | pointofblue |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:35 - Dec 18 by BlueBadger |
It's been a bit of a nightmare this past 24 hours - I've had 5 colleagues on 'notice' as we've recently added to team numbers so there's more people in our medium-is sized office at handover times, thankfully my PCR results mean we're only losing me for a week. And by a quirk of the duty roster, there's only one potentially problematic shift with no cover. |
I suppose this is a big problem at the moment in health - people themselves or close relatives testing positive and having to isolate, leaving the place short staffed. There’s an article on the Guardian about Guys and St. Thomas’ trust being under-staffed. | |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:43 - Dec 18 with 816 views | BlueBadger |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:39 - Dec 18 by pointofblue |
I suppose this is a big problem at the moment in health - people themselves or close relatives testing positive and having to isolate, leaving the place short staffed. There’s an article on the Guardian about Guys and St. Thomas’ trust being under-staffed. |
Policies vary around the region(and indeed the country). My Trust is one of the more stringent, albeit we have an 'exceptional circumstances' get-out, which I might try to appease to for Xmas Eve's night shift. Others in the region are saying 'if you've a negative PCR and are daily testing negative on Lat Flow, come in'. [Post edited 18 Dec 2021 11:52]
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:46 - Dec 18 with 804 views | Keno |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:24 - Dec 18 by BlueBadger |
Picking up again. But I'm now on forced time off till midnight Xmas eve as Mrs Badger has a positive lat flow and PCR. All my tests so far are negative, but trust policy is that I have to stay off 10 days and daily lat flows.
I'm expecting post Christmas to be carnage. |
I hope mrs B is ok??, you well 'meh'
Only joking Badgey hope you are both ok?
It cant be easy haciung to go through the carnage again? | |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:52 - Dec 18 with 786 views | BlueBadger |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:46 - Dec 18 by Keno |
I hope mrs B is ok??, you well 'meh'
Only joking Badgey hope you are both ok?
It cant be easy haciung to go through the carnage again? |
In their wisdom, the Trust have designated a whole different set of wards to be our 'frontline' Covid areas. Which is, on the far of it, not a bad thing as the two frontline wards from last year are pretty broken staff-wise but for me and my team it's meant that we're starting from scratch a bit with nurses and junior doctors that are relatively unexposed to the realities and practicalities of managing people with covid.
And that's before this year's 'glorious' wrinkle which is seeing us(locally, at least) far more unwell younger people, notably younger women - which simply hasn't been a 'thing' really over the last year or so. | |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:54 - Dec 18 with 768 views | Keno |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:52 - Dec 18 by BlueBadger |
In their wisdom, the Trust have designated a whole different set of wards to be our 'frontline' Covid areas. Which is, on the far of it, not a bad thing as the two frontline wards from last year are pretty broken staff-wise but for me and my team it's meant that we're starting from scratch a bit with nurses and junior doctors that are relatively unexposed to the realities and practicalities of managing people with covid.
And that's before this year's 'glorious' wrinkle which is seeing us(locally, at least) far more unwell younger people, notably younger women - which simply hasn't been a 'thing' really over the last year or so. |
how much of the "wrinkle" is due to people not being vaccinated? | |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:56 - Dec 18 with 769 views | BlueBadger |
| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 11:54 - Dec 18 by Keno |
how much of the "wrinkle" is due to people not being vaccinated? |
A fair bit of it. There's two main groups that are sick. The double-jabbed and vulnerable who are awaiting booster or the unjabbed. The unjabbed are generally finding their way to ITU. The jabbed either home or the grave. | |
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| One question about Covid hospitalisations on 12:02 - Dec 18 with 728 views | Basuco |
Also, at Wythenshawe Hospital the covid wards are a mix of vaccinated and unvaccinated, old, young, underlying health issues and no underlying health issues, while covid ITU is only the unvaccinated, I know this is one hospital but it has been like this for several weeks. |  | | |
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