Issued at 8:30am on Friday 13 January 2023. There is a 70% probability of severe cold weather and icy conditions and heavy snow between 6pm on Sunday 15 January and 9am on Thursday 19 January in parts of England.  This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. […]

More than 20 million people in England have had their flu jabs as the number of patients in critical care with the virus hits its highest yet this winter, new NHS figures show today. Around four in five people aged 65 and over, as well as more than three in five of those aged 50 […]

The NHS is asking patients to seek emergency care if they need to during industrial action and take simple steps to help ensure care is available to patients who need it most. This includes using services wisely by going to NHS 111 online as the first port of call for health needs and continuing to […]

NHS patients from around England have joined health chiefs in pleading with the public to get their flu vaccines after being hospitalised with the virus. It comes as the latest data shows there were 5,500 patients in hospital with flu last week and more than 9,000 patients with COVID. A woman from Buckinghamshire has said […]

Flu cases in hospital jumped up by almost a half (47%) last week, as staff in NHS 111 answered a near record number of calls. New figures for the week leading up to New Year’s Day, showed there were 5,105 patients with flu in general and acute hospital beds, up from 3,479 the previous week. […]

Pressure from flu on the NHS continues to grow with cases in hospital now more than seven times higher than last month, the latest figures show. New data out today shows there were 3,746 patients a day in hospital with flu last week, up from 520 a month ago (w/e 27 Nov). Of those in […]

There are dozens of sites open across the country offering flu and covid vaccines on Christmas Day with more than 5,500 slots available for anyone yet to come forward. Pharmacies are open and jabbing during the festivities at locations all over England, including London, Manchester, Darlington and Deal. There are also more than 100,000 appointments […]

The number of patients with flu in hospital has increased by two thirds in one week amid significant pressure on services, the NHS said today. New published data shows the post-pandemic impact of viruses circulating again with an average of 1,939 flu cases in England’s hospitals every day last week (up from 1,162). Weekly winter […]

Issued at 8:14am on Monday 19 December 2022. Temperatures/weather conditions are not expected to exceed cold weather alert threshold criteria in any region from 3pm on 19 December until further notice. This weather could increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the delivery of services. Find out more about staying well this winter. More […]

The NHS is reminding people they can get assessed and directed to the care they need by using NHS 111 online without leaving the comfort of their homes, with new TV adverts running from today. As part of the next stage of the NHS ‘Help Us, Help You’ campaign, television adverts will show people travelling […]