'Corridors were lined with patients on trolleys': Your stories of NHS pressures as flu cases rise
The noise, huddles of doctors and nurses, anxious looks on faces, trolleys being navigated awkwardly around patients on chairs, and above all the dedication of staff on the A&E frontline in conditions ...
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Flu cases rise as pressure mounts on NHS hospitals
The number of people in hospital with flu in England continues to rise, with staff reporting they are under the same pressure as at the height of the Covid pandemic, the NHS medical director has said.
Flu-hit NHS hospitals recruiting 'corridor nurses' to look after people in busy hallways
Whittington Hospital in North London posted the alarming advert last week pleading for temporary "corridor care" nurses ...
NHS winter crisis ‘fuelled by axing flu jabs for people in their 50s’
The NHS winter crisis is being exacerbated by the decision to axe free flu jabs for those in their 50s, experts have said.
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Unrelenting pressures on NHS lead to ‘hard to stomach’ corridor care
Matthew Trainer, Barking and Havering NHS Trust’s chief executive, said it was like trying to pour a pint into a half pint glass. He said the corridor care was “hard to stomach”. On Monday, the Health ...
Full list of NHS hospitals declaring critical incidents amid surge in flu cases
Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust is the latest to declare critical incidents in Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal hospitals. A leaked memo from the trust showed they were preparing to ...
NHS declares critical incidents as flu cases rise
Hospitals in the West are experiencing critical incidents due to high levels of flu and norovirus. Services are "extremely busy" at hospitals in Gloucestershire, Yeovil and Taunton.
Mask-wearing returns to hospitals amid flu chaos as at least 7 NHS trusts declare critical incidents
England’s top doctor says flu surge means 'demand is showing no signs of letting up' before an expected peak next week, as numerous NHS hospital trusts declare critical incidents ...
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NHS FLU CRISIS: Now nine hospitals declare critical incidents as infections surge to 'exceptionally high' levels - with patients facing 50 HOUR waits
More than 5,000 patients have been hospitalised with the infection over the Christmas and New Year period, according to NHS data. Last week, there were an average of 4,469 patients with flu in ...
'It was like a Victorian workhouse': Your stories of NHS pressures as flu cases rise
Winter pressures are mounting on the NHS. Several hospital trusts have declared critical incidents in recent days and the health secretary has said that some of the stories being told by NHS patients ...
NHS on track for worst flu season in a decade
Number of patients in hospital with the illness expected to reach highest level in years, while ambulance delays also hit record high ...
NHS red flag symptoms you have flu and not a cold as 5,000 hospitalised
On December 29 the NHS reported 5,074 patients in hospital with the flu in England, four times the amount the same time the previous month.