Facts:

NHS was never near breaking point across the country.

Only 16% of NHS beds were being used by Covid Cases at Peak.

By June 35.6% of all overnight beds sat EMPTY.
50% of days beds sat empty.

But some staff were certainly working hard because of their critical skill set.

What does this mean?

It means the fear that drove lockdown of NHS being overwhelmed fortunately never came close to happening.

What does it mean now?

It means the NHS with good planning can cope with covid quite well.

What does it mean for @MattHancock

Resignation

The NHS needs to have better covid plans, and proper risk analysis for each region and hospital, like with major incidents and then follow these for local covid spikes. With local authority support and central funding only as required.

Any localised lockdowns should be based on clear traffic light situations.

Bed capacity
Staff capacity
Infections
Critical life support capacity

And off set against

Damage to lives through

Mental health
Physical health
Cancer treatments lost
Economy damage

Pre-crisis the NHS has 6,000 critical care bed capacity of all types.

At peak only just over 3,000 people were in NHS ventilator beds by 21st April.

50% not including the nightingale hospital capacity.

Data to support this thread.

In light of the @BorisJohnson statement today which was sadly as i expected we have to draw the conclusion we have no functioning democracy.

The measures are ridiculous at best & not needed. Liverpool shut down, but areas of london not even though they match Liverpool. insanity