Hospitals: Influenza

(asked on 8th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were admitted to hospital as a result of flu in each year since 2010-11.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 3rd August 2020

Public Health England monitors the number of people admitted to hospital with influenza in a sentinel group of National Health Service trusts each year. The number of people admitted to hospital as a result of flu in these trusts, and the mean weekly rate of admission for each season since 2010-11 is attached.

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