Covid/Coronavirus and diabetes - the numbers

bulkbiker said:

And of course attempt to get more metabolically healthy for all ages.

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bulkbiker said:

Not at the moment it isn't.. everything else is being cancelled... hadn't you noticed.

And in 2018 what did the NHS do?

Where are the Nightingales that were created at enormous expense?

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Bluetit1802 said:

The Nightingales are there, fully equipped. However, they need staff. The staff have to be taken from hospitals, leaving shortages in hospitals and elsewhere, which leads to cancellation of other medical procedures.

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bulkbiker said:

You sure about that?

https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/09/are-the-nightingale-hospitals-being-used-how-many-built-13395246/

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Bluetit1802 said:

The Dean of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine, Dr. Pittard, said so during an interview last night. I saw no reason to doubt her.

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urbanracer said:

Did you read that before you posted it? It's in use for radiology outpatients so it's not being staffed by skilled ICU specialists.

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bulkbiker said:

Exactly Nightingales are not sitting there waiting to be used..
Excel I believe has been decommissioned as a hospital.

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urbanracer said:

What do you mean "exactly". Talk about moving goalposts.

There are not enough ICU staff for effective Covid management, there never were.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...es-nightingale-hospital-to-turn-away-patients

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bulkbiker said:

I was responding to @Bluetit1802 statement that
"The Nightingales are there, fully equipped"
I said they weren't and then posted supporting evidence.

As for nurses there are 180,000 approx in the NHS and so far just under 11,000 patients in hospital with COVID,
Of those less than 1,000 are in ICU.

At the moment there is no evidence of either inundation or failure to cope.

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Jaylee said:

Hi guys. don't mind me.. just trying to chop some sense into the debate? I won't quote out of context, however i will bold.



Birmingham – the National Exhibition Centre Bristol – the Exhibition and Conference Centre on University of West England’s (UWE) Frenchay campus Exeter – a former retail outlet in Sowton Yorkshire – Harrogate Convention Centre Manchester – the Manchester Central Convention Complex Washington, Sunderland – the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing





Birmingham – the National Exhibition Centre Bristol – the Exhibition and Conference Centre on University of West England’s (UWE) Frenchay campus Exeter – a former retail outlet in Sowton Yorkshire – Harrogate Convention Centre Manchester – the Manchester Central Convention Complex Washington, Sunderland – the Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing.







The Nightingale hospitals were all officially opened in April or May and had all been placed on standby or repurposed by July.

Read more: https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/09/are-...ing-used-how-many-built-13395246/?ito=cbshare






Bar "exel" that has dropped off the map back in May? @bulkbiker with reference to the first quote in red, purley to ID it in my comment.

Just to clarify, are you saying these "Nightingales" don't exist?
Or that the Nightingales do, but with inadequate staffing??

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bulkbiker said:

Excel is reopened for exhibitions so that certainly is no longer there. As for the others I have no idea... the metro article that says they have been re-purposed was the one I quoted too. If they have been re-purposed then they aren't there for the purpose they were commissioned for?

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