# UK excess deaths grow Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/uk-excess-deaths-grow Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/uk-excess-deaths-grow.md Podcast: [Dr. John Campbell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784) Published: 2026-09-03T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG4879707920.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG4879707920.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/uk-excess-deaths-grow Duration seconds: 1527 ## Resource Excess deaths, (2016 to 2019, and 2021) In November 2022 47,611 deaths registered in England 4,083 deaths (9.4%) above the November five-year average Coronavirus (COVID-19) (2.6% of all deaths) W / E 23rd December (England and Wales https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/bulletins/deathsregisteredweeklyinenglandandwalesprovisional/latest Number of deaths was above the five-year average Private homes (37.5% above, 1,120 excess deaths) Hospitals (18.8% above, 1,031 excess deaths) Care homes (10.5% above; 282 excess deaths) Other settings (7.0% above, 61 excess deaths) Zoe data https://health-study.joinzoe.com Prevalence, One in 21 ONS prevalence data https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19/latestinsights 4.52% in England (1 in 20 people) 5.70% in Wales (1 in 18 people) 6.43% in Northern Ireland (1 in 16 people) 4.05% in Scotland (1 in 25 people) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dr-john-campbell-7851784/episodes/uk-excess-deaths-grow/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-john-campbell-7851784/uk-excess-deaths-grow.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.