Quote Originally Posted by cher1 View Post
Here are the definitions used for civic hospitalisation data collection:

For all relevant data items: a confirmed COVID-19 patient is any patient admitted to the
trust who has recently (ie in the last 14 days) tested positive for COVID-19 following a
polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

 Patients who have been diagnosed via X-ray and assessment rather than a positive test
should be counted as suspected (and not confirmed) COVID-19 patients.

 Report a patient as a confirmed COVID-19 patient in the sitrep for as long as they are being
treated as a COVID-19 patient – so either they are being treated for COVID-19 caused
symptoms or the trust is still taking the precautions they would take with a COVID-19
positive patient.

 A patient who has previously but not recently – (ie not in the last 14 days) had a positive
COVID-19 test and is admitted for non-COVID-19 related treatment should not be counted
as a confirmed COVID-19 patient.
I think they should report figures of those who have gone to hospital because of Covid, not with Covid.

I realise that Covid deny-ers will use their calculations to argue against the figures, but do people really think they are putting up extra provision across the country - Nightingale hubs - without genuine belief that they may be needed?