Over 90% of beds at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust were occupied in December due to a surge in flu cases. Across England, 89% of beds were filled, with 4,469 patients hospitalized for flu, a 17% increase from the previous week. Hospitals are facing increased pressure from flu, COVID-19, RSV, and norovirus.
More than 90 per cent of general and acute beds at the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust were occupied in December as flu cases soared.
At the same time, the average number of flu patients in beds each day in the week leading up to December 29 reached 4,469. This is up 17 per cent from the week before and of these patients, 211 were in critical care. In Calderdale and Huddersfield, an average of 53 patients had flu with two in critical care, a rise from 48 the week previous.
Prof Redhead said: "On top of flu there is also continual pressure from Covid, while RSV and norovirus hospital cases are also higher than last year, with hospitals putting in place an extra 1,300 beds last week than the same time last year in expectation of this continued pressure from viruses and other demand."
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