NHS: Coronavirus
(asked on 5th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of staff shortages in the NHS in (a) Stockport constituency, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West due to the omicron variant of covid-19.
The information is not held in the format requested as while data for COVID-19 related absences is collected, it does not distinguish whether this is related to the Omicron variant.
However, the following table shows the number of staff absences due to COVID-19 related reasons, including self-isolation, in the week to 2 January 2022 for the acute trusts in Stockport constituency, Greater Manchester and the North West National Health Service region.
Region/NHS trust | COVID-19 absences per Day |
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | 215 |
Greater Manchester: | |
Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust | 590 |
Bolton NHS Foundation Trust | 336 |
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust | 215 |
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust | 164 |
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust | 315 |
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust | 1,293 |
North West | 6,426 |
Source: NHS England and NHS Improvement Urgent and Emergency Care Daily Situation Reports 2021-22 for acute trusts.