Last updated on Wednesday, 20 December 2023 at 04:15pm

COVID-19 healthcare admission rolling mean

Summary

• Topic: COVID-19
• Category: healthcare
• API name: COVID-19_healthcare_admissionRollingMean

Rationale

Understanding rates and patterns of hospital admissions can help to inform planning around hospital pressures including beds and staffing.

Definition

This metric shows the average count of admissions with confirmed COVID-19 over the 7 days up to and including the date shown

Methodology

This data includes people admitted to hospital who tested positive for COVID-19 in the 14 days before their admission and during their stay. Hospital inpatients who are diagnosed with COVID-19 after admission are reported as being admitted on the day before their diagnosis.

Admissions figures include people admitted to NHS acute hospitals and mental health and learning disability (MHLD) trusts.

Updates are published by NHS England on a Wednesday, and contain data up to the previous Friday.

This metric is calculated as the total number of admissions in the 7 days up to and including the date shown, divided by 7.