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Senior doctors have accused ministers of endangering lives by not running a campaign urging people at risk from flu to get vaccinated, despite the virus killing more than 600 people last winter.
The Department of Health has refused to run a national advertising campaign to promote the free flu jabs that GP surgeries provide every autumn and winter.
The decision by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley has prompted concern that, with take-up low among those deemed most at risk, patients could suffer.
Dr John Middleton, vice-president of the Faculty of Public Health, which represents the 3,500 public health specialists in the NHS, local councils and academia, said: "It's inexplicable that ministers haven't learned the lessons of last year."
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The Department of Health has refused to run a national advertising campaign to promote the free flu jabs that GP surgeries provide every autumn and winter.
The decision by the health secretary, Andrew Lansley has prompted concern that, with take-up low among those deemed most at risk, patients could suffer.
Dr John Middleton, vice-president of the Faculty of Public Health, which represents the 3,500 public health specialists in the NHS, local councils and academia, said: "It's inexplicable that ministers haven't learned the lessons of last year."
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