Thread by @Kit_Yates_Maths

You knew there was going to be a BUT right?

As good as the news of falling hospital admissions is, we shouldn't forget that there is still tremendous pressure on ICUs.

Here's a short thread on what's going on with adult critical care beds in England.

https://twitter.com/Kit_Yates_Maths/status/1367801465503440897?s=20

Adult critical care bed occupancy in all English regions is down this week (orange dots) compared to last week (grey dots).
This has been a consistent trend for a few weeks, but the decrease has slowed somewhat.
London is still particularly high with occupancy at over 80%.
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Despite decreasing occupancy, its important to emphasise that all regions of England are seeing occupancy levels (orange dots) higher than the corresponding level this time last year (green diamonds).
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The percentage of beds occupied never paints the full picture.
Comparing this year's levels to last year's we can see that England's current critical care bed *occupancy* still exceeds last year's total *capacity*.
If you think critical care is back to normal - think again.
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The situation is particularly stark in London. There is still a long way to fall before critical care bed *occupancy* in London gets back below last year's *capacity* levels Although some other regions are already there, pressure remains high.
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As always, thanks to Bob Hawkins for his help with preparing the graphs and the analysis.