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Professor Julian Redhead, NHS national clinical director for urgent and emergency care, said the figures “show the pressure from flu was nowhere near letting up before we headed into the new ...
NHS national medical director, Professor Sir Stephen Powis, said frontline staff were under “exceptional pressure” due to the “ongoing cold weather snap and respiratory viruses like flu ...
The latest NHS data on flu vaccinations from mid December shows 73 per cent of people aged over 65 had received a flu vaccine - but just 37.6 per cent of people aged under 65 and considered high ...
Prof Julian Redhead, NHS national clinical director for urgent and emergency care, said the figures show "the pressure from flu was nowhere near letting up before we headed into the new year ...
The New York Times reported that the outbreak was the worst to occur in Britain since the winter of 1975–76, and was similar to that winter's strain of flu, which killed 1,283 people. By 24 December the flu virus had infected more than a million people in the UK, and hospitals were cancelling surgery.
NHS stated all three had "serious underlying health problems". The victims are from South London and Dewsbury in West Yorkshire. [35] 9 July The government announced that there are now over 9,000 cases of Swine flu in the UK and 14 patients have died, [36] 2 in Scotland, 5 in London, and the remainder elsewhere in England. [37] 10 July
The body replaced the UK Scientific Pandemic Influenza Advisory Committee (SPI) as part of a move to expand the scope to cover the threat of other respiratory viruses, besides pandemic influenza. The inaugural meeting was held on 19 December 2014 where the terms of reference were agreed.
Flu cases are skyrocketing, causing huge problems for hospitals, NHS England bosses are warning. Last week the number of patients in hospital in England with the virus topped 5,400 a day on ...