The increase in Deaths in the Home Setting: ONS Update: August 18th 2020, CEBM

The 2 External 0 0 0 Office For National Statistics false https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest true false%> data on Registered deaths in England and Wales in the week ending the 7th of August 2020 (Week 32) showed there were 8,945 deaths. (152 mentioned COVID-19 on the certificate. 157 deaths fewer than the five-year average – the eighth week in a row that deaths have been below average. The number of deaths in care homes and hospitals has been well below the five-year average, however, the number in private homes has been consistently above the average. The figure shows there is a large excess in private home deaths over this period: 5,904 excess deaths over the 8 weeks (the blue bars). This excess is nearly cancelled out by the 6,108 fewer deaths (the yellow bars) occurring in hospital over the same time (the difference is 224 deaths). This currently suggests the large excess in private home deaths is likely due to a shift in the place where people choose to die – away from hospital deaths.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news