"While the ongoing 'flu-nami' is being invoked as the primary cause of the crisis, this is a convenient scapegoat when the reality is that the situation is a direct result of a long-standing and predictable breakdown in NHS capacity and workforce shortages. Clinicians across the country are reporting an overload of patients not just with flu, but also norovirus and RSV, all of which place further strain an already buckling system."
"There is still plenty of flu vaccine available to protect those who need it - what's running out is time to be protected ahead of Christmas. While new hospital admission rates for flu are not rising as sharply as last week, admissions are still increasing and GP attendances are rising as we continue to see the impacts of an unusually early season."
"Patients are being treated in "cupboards" as the NHS is bursting at the seems with people being infected with H3N2 superflu and medics are saying that it is the "last chance" saloon to get protected."
H3N2 influenza cases are surging with no sign of peaking before Christmas, increasing risk for young children and people aged over 65. Hospitals are reporting severe capacity strain, with clinicians reviewing patients in waiting rooms and cupboards used as temporary clinical areas. The concurrent rise in flu, norovirus, and RSV is compounding pressure on an already stretched system affected by long-standing workforce and capacity shortages. Flu vaccination remains available for eligible people and is urged because it can prevent severe illness and hospitalisation; vaccines take approximately 10 to 14 days to provide protection.
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