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The number of days people spent in hospital beds with flu in 2009 was up 700 per cent on 2008, data showed today.
Figures from the NHS Information Centre revealed 33,376 bed days were taken up by people with flu as their main reason for admission, compared to 4,163 in 2008.
The rise was steepest in the final quarter of 2009, with the number of bed days rising to 20,744 between October and December compared to 1,585 in the same period in 2008.
This means the number of bed days was 13 times higher in 2009 than in 2008.
The spread of swine flu in the winter months is thought to have been behind the large rise in hospital admissions.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ons-soar-700-year.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0kbIe4T8K
Figures from the NHS Information Centre revealed 33,376 bed days were taken up by people with flu as their main reason for admission, compared to 4,163 in 2008.
The rise was steepest in the final quarter of 2009, with the number of bed days rising to 20,744 between October and December compared to 1,585 in the same period in 2008.
This means the number of bed days was 13 times higher in 2009 than in 2008.
The spread of swine flu in the winter months is thought to have been behind the large rise in hospital admissions.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...ons-soar-700-year.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0kbIe4T8K