For my first foray into healthcare data, I've been taking a look at the detailed NHS data up to 01-Oct released today. What I found interesting is the context of the overall non-covid numbers also reported. So apparently in the South West only 0.3% beds are covid patients 01-Oct.

And the same for mechanical ventilator beds:

This is the top 30 trusts by what % of their beds are for confirmed covid patients. I'm not sure how much this would be affected by what hospitals specialise in.

And again for mechanical ventilator beds:

I'm sure you'll let me know your thoughts. As usual, I'm trying to find alternative views of the data rather than what's already published on the gov't dashboards.