NHS beds crisis as flu hits three-year peak - UK

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Flu levels continue to rise putting stress on the NHS

With flu levels at their highest seasonal level since 2011, NHS England revealed there had been 111,062 emergency admissions last week.

There were also 440,428 patients at A&E departments – more than 24,000 up on the same week last year.

Casualty wards could hit major difficulties if the numbers suffering from flu and norovirus continue to rise, experts warned.

Figures show just 89.8 per cent of patients were seen in four hours last week, against a target of 95 per cent.

More than 10,000 patients had to wait longer than four hours for a bed after being admitted from A&E. Last year the figure was under 4,000.

Public Health England data showed flu infection rates last week were 66 per cent higher than last year.

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Odd thing, this. It's the first year I can recall without a single person in the neighborhood having flu.

[Atomic Cow]

This year's flu shot missed the mark.  The vaccine doesn't work well on the dominate strain as it has mutated too much.

[kevindavis007]

I have never taken the flu shot and so far I haven't had it.