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More than half of Covid hospital patients ‘only tested positive after admission’
More than half of Covid hospitalisations are of patients who only tested positive after they were admitted, it has been reported.
Leaked data of all NHS trusts in England suggests statistics for the virus could be overstating the pressures faced by the health service.
It means many patients categorised as Covid patients may have actually been admitted with other ailments, with the virus detected through routine testing.
As of last Thursday, 44% of patients classed as being hospitalised with coronavirus has tested positive by the time they arrived at hospital, according to data seen by the Telegraph.
A further 43% tested positive within two days of admission, while 13% were diagnosed in the days and weeks that followed.
Prof Carl Heneghan, director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, has urged the Government to publish clearer data.
He called on the Department of Health to specify whether Covid was the primary reason for people being admitted so that people aren’t painted a misleading picture.
I wish I could say I was surprised. But the reality is that this is the kind of thing I've come to expect. Everything COVID-related is always recorded and evaluated in the way that makes the problem seem far worse than it is. I wonder what other COVID-related frauds and scams are still to be uncovered?
More than half of Covid hospitalisations are of patients who only tested positive after they were admitted, it has been reported.
Leaked data of all NHS trusts in England suggests statistics for the virus could be overstating the pressures faced by the health service.
It means many patients categorised as Covid patients may have actually been admitted with other ailments, with the virus detected through routine testing.
As of last Thursday, 44% of patients classed as being hospitalised with coronavirus has tested positive by the time they arrived at hospital, according to data seen by the Telegraph.
A further 43% tested positive within two days of admission, while 13% were diagnosed in the days and weeks that followed.
Prof Carl Heneghan, director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, has urged the Government to publish clearer data.
He called on the Department of Health to specify whether Covid was the primary reason for people being admitted so that people aren’t painted a misleading picture.
I wish I could say I was surprised. But the reality is that this is the kind of thing I've come to expect. Everything COVID-related is always recorded and evaluated in the way that makes the problem seem far worse than it is. I wonder what other COVID-related frauds and scams are still to be uncovered?