Commonground
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Media
4 December 2025
Britain is being battered by a tidal wave of festive flu, health chiefs warned today.
Surveillance programmes that monitor the UK's outbreak suggest flu hospital admissions in England are more than double last year over the same time period and ten times higher than 2023.
Figures show an average of 1,717 beds alone were taken up by flu patients each day last week, up on the 1,098 in 2024 and 160 in 2023.
Of these, 69 were in critical care — almost double the 39 logged last year.
Health leaders have already warned that the UK could be facing the worst flu season for decades.
Continued: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...ecord-hospitalised-flu-NHS-UK-worst-year.html
Media
4 December 2025
Britain is being battered by a tidal wave of festive flu, health chiefs warned today.
Surveillance programmes that monitor the UK's outbreak suggest flu hospital admissions in England are more than double last year over the same time period and ten times higher than 2023.
Figures show an average of 1,717 beds alone were taken up by flu patients each day last week, up on the 1,098 in 2024 and 160 in 2023.
Of these, 69 were in critical care — almost double the 39 logged last year.
Health leaders have already warned that the UK could be facing the worst flu season for decades.
Continued: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/...ecord-hospitalised-flu-NHS-UK-worst-year.html