manchester and that is why we have axed doctorjane eddleston to be here, she isal leader within a greater manchester and the north—west. i am within a greater manchester and the north—west. lam here within a greater manchester and the north—west. i am here to share some of our experiences and identify for you what the challenging areas that we are facing at the moment. as you see from the slides, the northwest has about ao% of all covid cases at the moment. this is proving to be very challenging for us. within greater manchester, we have seen a threefold increase in the number of patients admitted to intensive care in the last five weeks and an eightfold increase in the number of patients admitted to hospitals. the situation at the moment is that 30% of our critical care beds are taken up of our critical care beds are taken up with patients with covid. this is starting to impact on the services that we provide for other patients. we are working as a system across notjust we are working as a system across not just greater manchester, but the north—west, to ensure