Winter pressures hit hospital a month early

Winter pressures hit hospital a month early

Winter pressures are hitting Staffordshire’s main hospital trust earlier than expected, with 50 patients with covid now taking up beds. As a result, ambulance handovers at University Hospitals of North Midlands were taking an average 78 minutes at the end of September, compared to the national standard of 15 minutes, (writes local democracy reporter Phil Corrigan). University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust bosses said there had been a “sh…