7 h. ago Super flu: Where are the London hotspots? Number of hospital patients with virus climbs 18%

The rise comes as resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, are on the second day of a five-day strike in the run-up to Christmas

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8 h. ago Super flu: Number of patients in London hospitals with the virus jumps 18% in a week

The rise comes as resident doctors, previously known as junior doctors, are on the second day of a five-day strike in the run-up to Christmas

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8 h. ago The hospitals seeing the biggest increase in flu patients in England

Last week, an average of 3,140 flu patients were in hospital each day, up 18% from 2,660 the previous week

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8 h. ago Child intensive care cases rise as superflu cases flood hospitals

Number of patients admitted to hospital for flu has hit a record for this time of year, NHS data shows

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36 h. ago More patients ‘to feel strike impact’ as hospitals grapple with record flu cases

Hospitals have been told to aim to deliver 95% of usual activity during the strike.

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38 h. ago GP surgeries to open on Boxing Day to keep flu patients away from hospital

Health chiefs have taken the unusual move of opening on traditional festive bank holidays to cope with demand amid flu outbreak

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44 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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3 d. 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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3 d. 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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6 d. ago 'Worst crisis since Covid': Super flu tearing through London as Streeting urges doctors to call off strike

The number of patients with flu in the capital’s hospitals has jumped 47% to 380 in a week

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6 d. ago 'Worst crisis since Covid': Super flu tearing through London as Streeting he urges doctors to call off strike

The number of patients with flu in the capital’s hospitals has jumped 47% to 380

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6 d. ago Where in the UK is most affected by the flu surge as pressure mounts on hospitals

There are enough flu patients each day to fill more than three hospital trusts

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7 d. ago Super flu: Where are the hotspots in London as 'tidal wave' of virus rips through the capital

Health chiefs are urging Londoners to get the flu vaccine amid fears of a virus surge ahead of Christmas

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7 d. ago GP shares simple 'secret' to lower risk of catching flu this winter

The NHS fears that up to 8,000 hospital beds will be filled with flu patients this winter season.

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7 d. ago Face masks made compulsory at some UK hospitals amid flu surge

More than 1,700 hospital beds a day taken up with flu patients, 50% higher than last year

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9 d. ago Interactive map reveals how many patients with mutant flu are currently being treated in YOUR local hospital

The number of hospital beds in England occupied by infected patients is already higher than ever for this time of year with 'no peak in sight', officials have warned.

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9 d. ago Flu causes hospital chaos as cases 'double weekly' and patients wait days for beds

Influenza cases have started causing chaos at hospitals in northern Spain, where patients have been forced to camp out in hallways as they wait for beds to become free

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1 week ago Naga Munchetty delivers worrying news minutes into BBC Breakfast 'it's really serious'

BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty reported on record flu hospitalisations for this time of year, with 1,717 patients in hospital daily - a 56% increase on 2024

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2 w. ago NHS tells England to 'brace for unprecedented flu wave' this winter in new update

Number of flu patients in hospital at record level for time of year

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2 w. ago NHS boss reveals up to 8,000 people will be hospitalised with flu by next week

Sir Jim Mackey tells NHS England board meeting that flu patients will take up between 5,000 and 8,000 hospital beds every day amid worst flu season on record

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