Roedd y cynnydd mewn cyfraddau absenoldeb oherwydd salwch sy'n gysylltiedig â COVID-19 rhwng mis Rhagfyr a mis Chwefror, ac adleoliad staff ar draws y system yn ei gwneud yn her i fyrddau iechyd ddarparu digon o staff i gynyddu capasiti mewn ysbytai maes i lefel sylweddol. Fodd bynnag, ar frig y pandemig, roedd rhai ysbytai maes yn gweithredu gyda chapasiti o tua 70 o welyau. Mae’n galonogol gweld bod y gostyngiad yn y pwysau ar y system ar draws ysbytai acíwt, ynghyd ag adleoli staff yn ôl i'w prif rolau yn y GIG wrth i wasanaethau eraill ailddechrau, wedi lleihau'r galw am gapasiti ysbytai maes dros yr wythnosau diwethaf.
Increasing Covid-19 related sickness absence rates during December to February, and staff redeployment across the system made it a challenge for health boards to provide sufficient staff to increase capacity in field hospitals to a substantial level. However, at the peak of the pandemic, some field hospitals were operating with a capacity of around 70 beds. Encouragingly, the reduction in system pressures across acute hospitals, coupled with the redeployment of staff back into their substantive NHS roles as other services resume, has lessened the requirement for field hospital capacity over recent weeks.