Hampshire hospitals report significant increase in flu admissions

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs hospitals in Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover, say entire wards are being taken up with flu patients as a surge in cases sweeps the country.

 

The trust saw 961 patients with flu last month, more than 140 of whom had to be admitted for inpatient care, compared with just one during December the previous year.

 

As well as a rise in the number of flu cases, staff are also coping with an increase in Covid cases, increased staff sickness and a shortage of beds.

 

It was announced on Monday that thousands of NHS patients in England will be transferred to care homes as part of the government’s plan to increase unprecedented pressure on hospitals.

 

The NHS is being given £250m to buy beds in care homes and upgrade hospitals amid a winter crisis.

 

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Posted by Karen Motley, Clinical Negligence Department, Chadwick Lawrence LLP (tonymay@chadlaw.co.uk ), medical negligence lawyers and clinical negligence solicitors in Huddersfield, Leeds, Wakefield and Halifax, West Yorkshire.

 

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