UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

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NHS 24 issue apology after swine flu woman collapse at home

A SWINE flu victim has had a personal apology from the boss of NHS 24 for advice she said could have killed her.

Jane Howie, 40, collapsed in her home on Christmas Day last year after being ill for more than a week. She broke her ankle and lay unconscious for 15 hours.

When she came round, she rang NHS 24 to ask for an ambulance, explaining what had happened and that her lips were blue and her foot was white and cold to touch.

But she was told the ambulance service was busy with life-threatening calls.

Jane, who lives in a first floor flat, was told to make her own way to hospital.

She dialled 999 and an ambulance arrived within minutes. Paramedics found her blood pressure was dangerously low.

In hospital, she was diagnosed with the H1N1 virus and tests also revealed kidney damage.

Jane, of Dalkeith, Midlothian, spent four days in isolation in a high dependency unit before being sent home to recover.

She said: "If I had listened to the NHS 24 advice, the consequences could have been fatal."

She complained to NHS 24 bosses and chief executive John Turner has admitted her call was dealt with "in an inappropriate manner".

Offering a full apology, he said the call handler failed to give the NHS 24 senior nurse enough information.

He added that they "have taken steps to ensure there can be no reoccurence of this situation in the future".

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/s...ne-flu-woman-collapse-at-home-86908-23167059/

 

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My swine flu hell turned to joy when I woke and saw my new baby boy, says Annmarie McPhee

HAVING a baby is meant to be one of the happiest times of your life - but for pregnant Annemarie McPhee it was a battle for survival.

She was in a coma with swine flu and missed the birth of her child, who was delivered five weeks early by Caesarean section on Hogmanay.
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When Annemarie finally woke up two-and-a-half weeks later, she discovered she'd had a healthy baby boy when she saw photos of him taped to the end of her hospital bed.

Annemarie said: "I don't remember being surprised. I just remember thinking he must be my son.

"Somehow I knew I had a son. I hadn't known while I was pregnant if I was having a boy or a girl but everyone had been talking to me while I was in a coma, so maybe the news got through."


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http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/r...baby-boy-says-annmarie-mcphee-86908-23183441/

 

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Inquest jury?s task to unravel London mom?s death


Laura Straughan, 25, was a London mother of two young children with no criminal record, but some recent brushes with the law.

After her arrest in November 2009 for assault, she complained several times of feeling ill.

Once, unable to be awakened, she was taken to hospital where a doctor cleared her return to custody.

Nurses at Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) also checked her out. Corrections staff kept an eye on her.

But only five days after her arrest, she was taken to hospital again ? and declared dead.

A coroner?s inquest jury began Monday trying to figure out how a young woman could so quickly plummet into fatal pneumonia brought on by H1N1 flu while under the care of police, health care and corrections workers.

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http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2011/06/06/18246296.html

 

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Re: UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

2 Weekly provisional figures on deaths registered in England and Wales
3
4 Week number 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
5 Week ended 25-Mar-11 1-Apr-11 8-Apr-11 15-Apr-11 22-Apr-11 29-Apr-11 6-May-11 13-May-11
6
7
8 Total deaths, all ages 9,707 9,312 9,557 9,327 8,335 8,064 9,853 10,140
9 Total deaths: average of corresponding 9,662 9,714 9,822 9,640 10,122 9,919 9,221 9,017
10 week over the previous five years1
11
12 Deaths by underlying cause2,3
13 All respiratory diseases (ICD-10 J00-J99) ICD-10 v 2010 1,466 1,336 1,378 1,316 1,207 1,158 1,354 ..
14 Persons
15 Deaths by age group
16 Under 1 year 75 55 70 76 59 46 66 85
17 01-14 24 35 25 27 19 20 19 19
18 15-44 312 264 289 312 239 257 315 352
19 45-64 1,179 1,226 1,245 1,205 1,057 997 1,302 1358
20 65-74 1,545 1,529 1,579 1,562 1,328 1,306 1,598 1,665
21 75-84 2,935 2,774 2,828 2,743 2,500 2,427 2,953 2,964
22 85+ 3,626 3,428 3,518 3,401 3,130 3,009 3,600 3,697
23 Males
24 Deaths by age group
25 Under 1 year 45 31 35 42 30 24 41 45
26 01-14 13 18 16 13 10 11 11 9
27 15-44 218 167 197 207 154 165 205 241
28 45-64 707 752 715 731 634 590 787 824
29 65-74 892 855 931 936 808 749 906 961
30 75-84 1,477 1,415 1,484 1,426 1,305 1,233 1,580 1,528
31 85+ 1,323 1,197 1,271 1,207 1,117 1,091 1,298 1,309
32 Females
33 Deaths by age group
34 Under 1 year 30 24 35 34 29 22 25 40
35 01-14 11 17 9 14 9 9 8 10
36 15-44 94 97 92 105 85 92 110 111
37 45-64 472 474 530 474 423 407 515 534
38 65-74 653 674 648 626 520 557 692 704
39 75-84 1,458 1,359 1,344 1,317 1,195 1,194 1,373 1,436
40 85+ 2,303 2,231 2,247 2,194 2,013 1,918 2,302 2,388
41
42 Deaths by Region of usual residence 4
43 North East 496 496 478 493 411 429 543 504
44 North West 1,291 1,322 1,310 1,305 1,171 1,104 1,324 1328
45 Yorkshire and The Humber 1,023 937 946 950 841 841 1,009 985
46 East Midlands 790 762 801 772 714 726 805 848
47 West Midlands 943 972 958 915 839 764 1,028 968
48 East 1,034 967 1,073 963 863 828 997 1,108
49 London 893 863 931 923 801 784 923 907
50 South East 1,519 1,425 1,481 1,402 1,268 1,161 1,479 1,716
51 South West 1,062 974 991 1,010 859 845 1,069 1,128
52 Wales 633 574 566 573 535 565 654 616

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9707,9312,9557,9327,8335,8064,9853,10140,8949,9163,7913,9254,8961
9662,9714,9822,9640,10122,9919,9221,9017,9373,9309,8339,9322,8985

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4 Week number 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
5 Week ended 29-Apr-11 6-May-11 13-May-11 20-May-11 27-May-11 3-Jun-11 10-Jun-11 17-Jun-11
6
7
8 Total deaths, all ages 8,064 9,853 10,140 8,949 9,163 7,913 9,254 8,961
9 Total deaths: average of corresponding 9,919 9,221 9,017 9,373 9,309 8,339 9,322 8,985
10 week over the previous five years1
11
12 Deaths by underlying cause2,3
13 All respiratory diseases (ICD-10 J00-J99) ICD-10 v 2010 1,173 1,373 1,380 1,148 1,219 1,010 1,124 ..
14 Persons

total deaths 2011, weeks 47,..,52,1,...,8:
9473,9220,11193,10880,11484,9689,12644,13133,11438 ,10555,10235,10019,9757,9433

average last 5 years: EWM=27110
9856,9898,10175,10454,10925,8825,12166,12540,11711 ,11032,10675,10442,10587,10558

-383,-678,+1018,+426,+559,+864,+478,+593,-273,-477,-440,-423,-830,-1125

weeks 49-08 12weeks out of 17.3 : +370

Weekly provisional figures on deaths registered in England and Wales

Week number 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Week ended 11-Mar-11 18-Mar-11 25-Mar-11 01-Apr-11 08-Apr-11 15-Apr-11 22-Apr-11 29-Apr-11


Total deaths, all ages 9.648 9.842 9.707 9.312 9.557 9.327 8.335 8.064
Total deaths: average of corresponding 10.232 10.084 9.662 9.714 9.822 9.640 10.122 9.919
week over the previous five years1

Deaths by underlying cause2,3
All respiratory diseases (ICD-10 J00-J99) 1.412 1.412 1.467 1.333 1.370 1.308 1.199 ..
ICD-10 v 2010 


weeks 12-24
9707,9312,9557,9327,8335,8064,9853,10140,8949,9163,7913,9254,8961 
9662,9714,9822,9640,10122,9919,9221,9017,9373,9309,8339,9322,8985 
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+45,-402,-265,-313,-1787,-1855,+632,+1123,-424,-146,-426,-68,-24

England and Wales had last winter about 2600 fewer deaths than the average of the last 5 years.

 

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Re: UK: 607 confirmed fatalities due to influenza

2012.01.06,...,2012.03.09
11343,10393,10320,10117,10287,10532,11086,10945,10507 (10614)
12851,11813,11054,10615,10317,10402,10327,10158,09962 (10833)

2000 fewer deaths in england this year in the first 9 weeks than the average of the last 5 years

more deaths than average in weeks 6-9: +130,+759,+787,+545
flu peaked in week 7 this season, but ILI cases were low