NHS Trust at heart of London’s Covid triangle records no new admissions for first time in six months

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St Bartholomew’s Hospital is part of St Bart’s NHS Trust
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Luke O'Reilly12 March 2021

The NHS Trust at the centre of London's Covid Triangle has recorded no new admissions of Covid patients for the first time in six months.

Barts Health NHS Trust, the capital’s biggest trust, said it had recorded no new Covid-19 inpatients for Wednesday March 11. The figure for Thursday was not available yet.

The trust has five hospitals in central and east London: St Bartholomew's Hospital, the Royal London Hospital, Whipps Cross Hospital, Mile End Hospital, and Newham Hospital.

Newham had the highest age-standardised mortality rate in England and Wales during the first wave of the pandemic, with 144.3 deaths per 100,000.

At the peak of the second wave, Newham was competing with Barking and Dagenham, and Redbridge for the highest rate of infections in the UK. The three boroughs became known as the Covid Triangle, due to their high infection rate.

A statement from the trust said: "This week we passed another milestone on our journey through the pandemic by recording no new Covid-19 inpatient admissions on a single day for the first time in six months.

"Coronavirus cases in the community are also running at the levels we last saw back in September, and our hospitals are getting closer to the point when we can restart those routine services that were put on hold before Christmas.

"Over the next week or so we will put the finishing touches to our plans for the next phase, covering both some immediate steps in the next few months and our ambitions for the rest of the year. We will keep staff informed of progress, and intend to publish an accessible summary for the public as soon as we can."

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It comes as NHS England data shows a total of 2,510,043 jabs were given to people in London between December 8 and March 9, including 2,382,169 first doses and 127,874 second doses.

This compares with 3,831,782 first doses and 162,795 second doses given to people in the Midlands, a total of 3,994,577.

Meanwhile, vaccine take-up in London among people aged 80 and over continues to lag behind other regions of England.

An estimated 83.5% of people in this age group in the capital have had their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, according to NHS England.

Take-up in all other regions is estimated to be at least 94%, with south-west England having the highest proportion at 98.7%.

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