More than 350% rise in people hospitalised with flu - as NHS faces 'quad-demic'
Thursday, 5 December 2024 () There has been a 352% increase in the number of people hospitalised with the flu compared to this time last year, NHS data shows.
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting and NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard visit the headquarters of the London Ambulance Service. Mr Streeting insists the government has “hit the ground running” since taking office and “prepared the best we can for this winter” while acknowledging the challenges with flu, Covid and norovirus. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Health Secretary Wes Streeting and NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard visit the service's National Operations Centre to highlight increasing pressures facing A&E services going into winter. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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Thursday, 5 December 2024 ()
There has been a 352% increase in the number of people hospitalised with the flu compared to this time last year, NHS data shows.
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