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Call for ICU beds review amid concerns some regions have ‘insufficient capacity’

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coronavirus pandemic has highlighted that there is not enough critical care capacity in the health service. It said that England is “towards the bottom” of the league table for critical care beds, falling behind Germany, the US, France, Italy, Australia and Spain.The organisation’s chief executive said that it is “neither safe nor sensible” to increase capacity of intensive care beds “at the drop of a hat” as he called for a review into the critical care system going forward.Chris Hopson also drew attention to regional disparities, with the East of England, South West and South East in particular falling short.Mr Hopson said in a statement: “Trusts’ experience of Covid-19 has strongly confirmed what we already knew – that the NHS has.

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