It means annual winter pressures have been "brought to the fore" sooner than in previous years, she said. It comes as ...

Additional walk-in NHS flu clinics are being organised to help protect people against the flu.

Some NHS trusts in the South East are urging people to wear masks following a rise in flu cases nationally. Dr Tom Clark, ...

The number of people in hospital in England with flu remains at a record level for this time of year, according to new NHS ...

Some warn that parts of the NHS in Scotland will be under siege via what is known as a ‘black alert’, with hospital wards ...

The doctors’ union claimed the health secretary had acted in a ‘cruel and calculated’ way and described the Government’s ...

Leading medics warn of severe hospital overcrowding, staff struck down with flu, and a worrying number of cases among ...

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has made a direct appeal to the public to protect themselves as an average of 2,660 patients ...

Former Liverpool football legend Ian Rush is recovering in hospital after two days in the intensive care unit for a bad case ...

Hospitals treating record numbers of flu patients but worst is yet to come as medical bosses urge people to get vaccinated ...

The “subtype” of flu that is dominant this year, called influenza A/H3N2, has been around since 1968 and there have been over ...

Flu can pose a potentially fatal risk to specific people - here's an outline of who is eligible for a free jab from the NHS ...