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UK Health Security Agency says flu rates highest among 5-14 year olds as countdown is on to increased family mixing with elderly relatives over Christmas

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

Health officials are encouraging people to use NHS 111 for urgent but non-emergency care as hospitals face increased pressure from seasonal illnesses and flu hospitalisations rising by more than half

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Flu cases have hit record levels for the time of year with many being admitted to hospital

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has made a direct appeal to the public to protect themselves as an average of 2,660 patients were hospitalised with flu every day last week, the highest on record for this time of year

Medical professionals warn more needs to be done to help health and social care system cope

The UK is in the grips of an early and intense flu season, with the H3N2 strain rapidly becoming the dominant influenza strain across the country

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Health Secretary Wes Streeting warns of super flu 'tsunami' and issues direct appeal to NHS doctors - warning that a strike is 'choosing to put lives at risk this Christmas'

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

More than 100 people were in hospital at the start of December with the flu, with numbers rising every day according to the region's senior health leaders