COVID-19 Actuaries Response Group

Hospital admissions statistics – A fair representation of the true position?

Bulletin 75 | By John Roberts

The NHS has recently started providing a breakdown of COVID-19 hospital cases that enables an idea to be gained as to what proportion may have been acquired within the hospital, rather than in the community. This short note interprets the new data and other related factors in understanding what is driving the recent increase in hospital admission numbers.

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John Roberts

Independent Consultant

John is an independent consultant who has spent 37 years in the life industry, including 17 years at Canada Life and more recently 8 years at Zurich Insurance Group, where he was part of the team that established its corporate risk business, now well established in the market. Following that he was Head of the Life Pricing team at Zurich for 5 years, overseeing a wide range of wealth and protection propositions.

At Zurich he helped establish its small pension scheme longevity swap proposition, which involved setting up simultaneous reinsurance transactions to mirror the client contracts. He has most recently continued with this line of interest as a consultant, supporting Lloyds Banking Group in establishing its first longevity swap transactions.

John is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries.

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