Professor Sir Stephen Powis, the NHS national medical director, admits “it’s turning out to be one of the busiest winters in NHS history” as new figures reveal the number of flu patients in hospital is nearly five times the figure at the start of last month.
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00:00We've had an incredibly busy Christmas and New Year period. This is turning out to be one of the
00:04busiest winters in NHS history, treating more patients than ever before in our emergency
00:11departments. We've had skyrocketing cases of flu with nearly five and a half thousand patients
00:17with flu in hospital each day. That's around three and a half times more than the same time
00:22last year. And of course with the recent cold weather that's piling even more pressure on NHS
00:28staff.