St John’s Hospital in Livingston due to falling in the snow and ice in December and January.Their response revealed that there had indeed been a spike in patients being admitted to hospital after “falls or collisions.”Compared to 2019 and 2020 there were on average 80 more patients admitted to hospital after falls, over a six week period, this winter.Added to that, such patients made up the vast majority of inpatient admissions at the hospital this year, during the period we enquired about.The