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Winter flu

NHS under ‘mammoth demand’ as winter pressures strain the system and its workforce

Winter pressures on the NHS are at an all-time high, leaving understaffed hospitals under immense strain.

Wes Streeting ‘distressed and ashamed’ at critical incidents amid winter flu crisis

A number of NHS trusts are facing high demands in emergency departments, which was making the Health Secretary ‘emotional’

Flu hospitalisations quadruple ahead of the New Year

NHS England data found that there were more than 5000 people in hospital with flu on 29 December, up from about 1,190 at the end of November, which is adding 'increasing pressure' on the health...

Winter virus rates surge, leaving nurses ‘battling’ to hold service together

Flu patients take up an increasing number of beds as winter pressures strain both the system and its workforce.

UK doctors set to trial ‘world’s-first’ norovirus vaccine

With currently no vaccine against the vomiting bug, chief investigators in the trial said the jab could bring ‘huge health and economic benefits’

New vaccine rolled out to prevent major winter virus in vulnerable people

The jab is available to pregnant women and elderly people, and could prevent 5,000 hospitalisations for infants and 2,500 hospital admissions for older people in winter

NHS issues warning as norovirus cases soar

Winter vomiting virus is spreading rapidly across England, with figures much higher than last year

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