Exclusive: Paediatric units are under ‘severe and sustained pressure’, warn top intensive care doctors
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Exclusive: Paediatric units are under ‘severe and sustained pressure’, warn top intensive care doctors
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Children’s operations are being cancelled because paediatric intensive care units across the country are full as a result of the severe spike in flu cases, The Independent has been told.
Number of patients admitted to hospital for flu has hit a record for this time of year, NHS data shows
Exclusive: Health leaders warn overrun emergency departments, an explosion of corridor care and soaring waiting lists mean…
It comes amid warnings of a ‘superflu’ sweeping the nation, with flu cases in hospitals in England at a record level for this…
Many emergency departments lack the infrastructure to meet the growing needs of child patients, the Royal College of Paediatrics…
The new H3N2 flu strain is different to the strain that this year’s vaccines were designed to protect against
Warning flu infections will get worse for the NHS as ‘the peak is not in sight yet’, says NHS medical director Professor Meghana…
