UKHSA data shows the flu vaccine prevented 96,000 to 120,200 hospitalisations in England during last winter. New data published today by the UK Health ...

A record low of 37% of frontline health service staff took up flu jabs this winter, with some areas seeing less than one in 10 receive the vaccine. This came as hospitals battled a surge in those ...

Patient groups described the level of uptake as 'shocking' and accused refuseniks of negligently fuelling sickness and ...

Free flu jabs may have helped avert hospitals being overrun with cases of the flu this winter, new figures suggest. Hospitals ...

A senior NHS source said it is due to a tendency of people thinking “I’ll get that checked in the new year”, adding: “People get flu or winter viruses and worry about that and then realise ...

Symptoms can initially appear flu like, but without rapid treatment ... contact your GP or NHS 111, mentioning your recent travel history, or dial 999 in case of emergency.' Dr Sahira Dar ...

Symptoms of meningococcal disease can first appear flu-like and may quickly become more ... contact your GP or NHS 111, mentioning your recent travel, or dial 999 in an emergency," she added.

About 78% of pupils in Cambridgeshire were vaccinated this winter against the flu, says the NHS. Some are viruses with global pandemic potential - like Covid - others infectious illnesses with no ...

flu and hay fever – a series of minor ailments identified by the Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGB) as one of five examples of wastage in the NHS system, costing around £2 billion ...