Public Board papers 31.03.22

GREATER MANCHESTER HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP WEEKLY UPDATE FRIDAY 11 MARCH 2022

This briefing is intended to update stakeholders on how NHS and care services in Greater Manchester are managing an increase in demand. It is split into service areas and provides an update on the latest situation and actions being taken to address issues, as well as public advice and guidance on accessing services, and for specific issues. NHS England publishes a weekly online report showing verified data across provider organisations including all hospital trusts. You can access the latest reports here. Our weekly briefing gives an up-to-date overview of the situation across the whole of Greater Manchester system including primary care, urgent and emergency care, mental health and adult social care, as well as the Covid-19 situation. We are only able to share data that forms part of national data sets in line with NHS England publication dates. There is an exception for data that is unique to Greater Manchester and where the data controller is not NHS England. 1. Urgent and emergency care update and actions 2. Primary care update, data and actions 3. Adult social care and community services update, data and actions 4. Covid-19 update and data 5. Covid 19 vaccination update and data 6. Tackling the waiting list backlog and data 7. Statement from Greater Manchester Health and Care Partnership 8. Public advice and guidance: choosing the right service if you’re ill or injured, attending appointments and contact information for specific issues To note, this briefing will be the last in this format. To help consider how we update on system performance, we would welcome your views on how this content has been received. Please can you fill in this short survey, which will take approx. five minutes to complete. Take the survey 1. Urgent and emergency care This winter has seen significant pressure put on urgent and emergency care. Hospital occupancy in Greater Manchester is around 92%, with patients with a Covid positive diagnosis around 9%, and declining slowly. Rates of Covid-19 have gone up in all ten boroughs of Greater Manchester, likely attributed to increased mixing throughout the half term break. So far, this is not impacting significantly on hospital beds, and staff absences for Covid and Covid related illnesses has plateaued. The number of people in our hospitals with no reason to reside (people who no longer need hospital care) is still hovering around 900 patients per day, with significant work underway to try and reduce this to allow as much elective work to take place as possible; and support an improvement in patient flow through hospitals. There are site improvements plans in place to address this, though a key barrier is the available health and care workforce, which will take some time to address. Other barriers include complex needs within mental health and out of area placements.

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