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From what I remember, ICU usage has been high, but still within the limits of capacity in the UK. In Italy, it seems about half of all deaths happened / are happening in Lombardy, a region with ~10m inhabitants and >14k deaths, while a lot of other regions were significantly less affected. In comparison, Greater London with (I assume) the highest density of population in the UK and about ~9m inhabitants has had <7k deaths*.
*Using this calculation: ~5.2k deaths in hospital, which are ~80% of total deaths (same source, citing ONS) --> 5.2k/0.8 = 6.5k
The numbers are a bit wobbly in detail, but the point is that I think Italy has had it way worse in Lombardy specifically, but less bad in other regions. The horror stories you've read have mostly been from those really badly affected areas.