NHS faces ‘perfect winter storm’ with tenfold rise in hospital flu cases
by Andrew Gregory Health editor from on (#6667A)
Latest figures also show nearly a third of patients arriving by ambulance at hospitals in England waiting at least half an hour
The NHS is facing a perfect winter storm" with 10 times more people in hospital with flu than this time last year, and ambulances experiencing deadly delays when arriving at A&E with sick patients.
There were an average of 344 patients a day in hospitals in England with flu last week, more than 10 times the number at the beginning of last December.
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