2 h. ago Everything you need to know as health chief speaks out on 'super flu'

Serious flu cases are sweeping the country

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4 h. ago Stark vid shows patients left in hospital corridors hours before doctors walk out on strike putting ‘lives at risk’

SHOCKING footage shows patients lined up in beds along hospital corridors - hours before a "dangerous" junior doctors' strike begins. Pensioners were among those seen waiting on rows of trolleys outside A&E wards at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in Lancashire. The footage - secretly filmed by ITV News - lays bare the "super-flu" crisis,...

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5 h. ago Girl, 12, ends up in coma after 'super flu' initially thought to be 'school bug'

Jessica Williamson was rushed to hospital in an ambulance where she was diagnosed with Influenza A, which later developed into sepsis and necrotising pneumonia

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6 h. ago Doctors go on strike today: Patients warned to brace for delays as five

Hospitals are preparing for a slump in activity as up to half of the medical workforce in England could stop working after the strike over pay and jobs began at 7am on Wednesday.

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7 h. ago 'Super flu' will 'get worse before it gets better' as Manchester's public health chief speaks out

Is it too late to get the flu vaccine?

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7 h. ago Girl, 12, ends up in coma in hospital after 'super flu' dismissed as 'school bug'

Hospital bosses say Jessica Williamson's case serves as a reminder flu in children can develop quickly and become very serious, as the situation looked bleak for the youngster

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13 h. ago Doctors' strike will 'take toll' on patients, warns London NHS chief as five

The industrial action, from 7am on Wednesday 17 December until 7am on Monday 22, comes as hospitals are already under pressure from an unprecedented wave of super flu

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13 h. ago ‘Dangerous’ junior doctors’ strike begins today – putting ‘lives at risk’ as super flu cripples NHS

NHS patients should brace for long wait misery over Christmas as doctors’ strikes starting today will hit harder than previous walkouts. The British Medical Association voted to press ahead with the five-day walkout that will last until Monday. Health Secretary Wes Streeting called the decision “irresponsible and dangerous”. It comes at the height of a...

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22 h. ago ‘Superflu’ left my girl, 12, in a coma after docs initially gave her a single paracetamol despite her lips being BLUE

THE parents of a 12-year-old girl who was left in a coma after a schoolbug turned out to be 'superflu' say they almost missed the signs. Jessica Williamson had initially been given a single paracetamol by doctors during a hospital trip, but was blue-lighted back hours later when her worried parents checked on her overnight....

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24 h. ago See Scotland's super flu hotspots and if your local hospitals are struggling with admissions

The nightmare strain has seen a surge in patients being admitted to hospitals across the country.

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30 h. ago Super flu nightmare: See hotspots and whether your hospital is struggling

A nightmare super flu is spreading around the UK and has sent a surge of patients to hospital amid fears further strain could be put on the NHS as people gather for Christmas

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30 h. ago Super flu nightmare: See UK hotspots and whether hospital near you is struggling

A nightmare super flu is spreading around the UK and has sent a surge of patients to hospital amid fears further strain could be put on the NHS as people gather for Christmas

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31 h. ago Super flu: Get the vaccine to protect grandma and grandad at Christmas, says London chief nurse

Having the jab could be the ‘one of the greatest Christmas gift’ if it means not passing flu to a loved one, says top nurse Karen Bonner

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48 h. ago Symptoms of H3N2 'super flu' and how to get a flu vaccine before Christmas

Those eligible for the free NHS flu jab are urged to get protected now as flu hospitalisations soar

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48 h. ago Doctors strike to go ahead despite super flu sweeping through London

The British Medical Association (BMA) confirmed its members will down tools between December 17 and December 22, despite a strain of super-flu sweeping through the country

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50 h. ago The truth about the ‘super flu’ and the severity of this flu season

Here’s what you need to know about this year’s flu season and how to protect yourself

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51 h. ago Girl four in coma with no idea when she'll wake after flu jab mistake

Gary Dunion and his wife Angelina thought Sienna was joking when she said she was cold

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55 h. ago Super flu: Race to get two million Londoners vaccinated before Christmas

Just over 1.87 million people in the capital had had the flu jab as of December 7

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55 h. ago Super flu: Race to get more than two million Londoners to have vaccine before Christmas

Just over 1.87 million people in the capital had had the flu jab as of December 7

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60 h. ago Half of hospitals suffering from worst EVER flu outbreak as ‘super flu’ chaos triggers Covid

HALF of NHS hospitals are suffering from the worst flu outbreak ever recorded in the UK. Brits have been warned to brace for the H3N2 superflu surge, which shows no sign of peaking ahead of Christmas. Last week, an average of 2,660 patients were in hospital with the bug each day – the highest ever for this time of...

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