We published the data collection from the NHS about the number of patients with confirmed or suspected flu in critical care on 21 March 2013.

NHS emergency and urgent care data has already ended for the winter – the last report was published on 7 March 2013.

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Estimates suggest that flu-like activity – that is, the number of people with flu-like symptoms seeing their GP – is currently low. For week 11 (ending 17 March), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England was 11.2 per 100,000.

Admissions to intensive care units

In week 11, there were 39 new flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There were two deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported in week 11.

More detailed information on flu-like activity can be found in the Health Protection Agency’s (HPA’s) weekly National Influenza Report.

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Estimates suggest that flu-like activity – that is, the number of people with flu-like symptoms seeing their GP – is currently low. For week 10 (ending 10 March), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England was 13.4 per 100,000.

Admissions to intensive care units

In week 10, there were 46 new flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There were two deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported in week 10.

More detailed information on flu-like activity can be found in the Health Protection Agency’s (HPA’s) weekly National Influenza Report.

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Estimates suggest that flu-like activity – that is, the number of people with flu-like symptoms seeing their GP – is currently low. For week 9 (ending 3 March), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England was 15.1 per 100,000.

Admissions to intensive care units

In week 9, there were 48 new flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There were seven deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported in week 9.

More detailed information on flu-like activity can be found in the Health Protection Agency’s (HPA’s) weekly National Influenza Report.

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A&E diverts

There were 20 A&E diverts in place during the 4 days to the 28 February 2013.
An A&E divert is an agreed temporary diversion of some patients from one hospital to other A&E Departments to provide temporary respite. A divert is only undertaken as part of the local health systems’ planned and managed escalation when a hospital is under pressure.

A&E closures

There were no A&E closures during the 4 day period to 28 February 2013.

A&E attendances and emergency admissions

In the week ending 3 March 2013 , there were422,17 A&E attendances and 102,538 emergency admissions. For A&E attendances this was 5.7% higher than the previous week and for emergency admissions, this was 1.9 % higher than the previous week.

Beds closed due to norovirus

The average number of beds in hospitals closed to admissions in this period due to infection control procedures being triggered by patients having diarrhoea and vomiting, or norovirus-like symptoms increased from the average closures in the  previous week.  Advice about norovirus can be found on NHS Choices.

Number of beds unavailable due to delayed transfers of care from hospital

The number of people awaiting discharge for non-medical reasons in the period decreased slightly from the average closures per day in the  previous week.

Winterwatch NHS emergency and urgent care data

Detailed definitions and information on A&E attendances.

Detailed tables of daily data are available here

This page contains management data which has been collected on a rapid turn-round basis from the NHS. The speed of the collection only permits minimal validation to be undertaken but the data is considered ‘fit-for-purpose.

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Estimates suggest that flu-like activity – that is, the number of people with flu-like symptoms seeing their GP – is currently low. For week 8 (ending 24 February), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England was 15.3 per 100,000.

Admissions to intensive care units

In week 8, there were 37 new flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There were five deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported in week 8.

The provisional vaccination uptake rate for frontline healthcare workers as at the end of January was 45.9%.

More detailed information on flu-like activity can be found in the Health Protection Agency’s (HPA’s) weekly National Influenza Report.

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There were 32 A&E diverts in place during the week ending 24 February 2013.
An A&E divert is an agreed temporary diversion of some patients from one hospital to other A&E Departments to provide temporary respite. A divert is only undertaken as part of the local health systems’ planned and managed escalation when a hospital is under pressure.

A&E closures

There were no A&E closure during the week ending 24 February 2013.

A&E attendances and emergency admissions

In the week ending 24 February, there were 399,891 A&E attendances and 100,649 emergency admissions. For A&E attendances this was 2.2% lower than the previous week and for emergency admissions, this was  0.7% higher than the previous week.

Beds closed due to norovirus

The average number of beds in hospitals closed to admissions due to infection control procedures being triggered by patients having diarrhoea and vomiting, or norovirus-like symptoms decreased from the average closures in the previous week.  Advice about norovirus can be found on NHS Choices.

Number of beds unavailable due to delayed transfers of care from hospital

The number of people awaiting discharge for non-medical reasons decreased from the average closures per day in the previous week.

Winterwatch NHS emergency and urgent care data

Detailed definitions and information on A&E attendances.

Detailed tables of daily data are available here

This page contains management data which has been collected on a rapid turn-round basis from the NHS. The speed of the collection only permits minimal validation to be undertaken but the data is considered ‘fit-for-purpose.

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Indicators of flu activity across England continue to show that flu is circulating. Current estimates suggest that flu-like activity – that is, the number of people with flu-like symptoms seeing their GP – is within the normal range for this time of year. For week 7 (ending 17 February), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England increased to 22.3 per 100,000.

Admissions to intensive care units

In week 7, there were 55 new flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There were eight deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported in week 7.

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There were 24 A&E diverts in place during the week ending 17 February 2013.
An A&E divert is an agreed temporary diversion of some patients from one hospital to other A&E Departments to provide temporary respite. A divert is only undertaken as part of the local health systems’ planned and managed escalation when a hospital is under pressure.

A&E closures

There was 1 A&E closure during the week ending 17 February 2013.

A&E attendances and emergency admissions

In the week ending 17 February, there were 408,445 A&E attendances and 101,345 emergency admissions. For A&E attendances this was 1.1% lower than the previous week and for emergency admissions, this was  0.5% higher than the previous week.

Beds closed due to norovirus

The average number of beds in hospitals closed to admissions due to infection control procedures being triggered by patients having diarrhoea and vomiting, or norovirus-like symptoms increased from the average closures in the previous week.  Advice about norovirus can be found on NHS Choices.

Number of beds unavailable due to delayed transfers of care from hospital

The number of people awaiting discharge for non-medical reasons decreased from the average closures per day in the previous week.

Winterwatch NHS emergency and urgent care data

Detailed definitions and information on A&E attendances.

Detailed tables of daily data are available here

This page contains management data which has been collected on a rapid turn-round basis from the NHS. The speed of the collection only permits minimal validation to be undertaken but the data is considered ‘fit-for-purpose.

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Estimates suggest that flu-like activity – that is, the number of people with flu-like symptoms seeing their GP – is currently low. For week 6 (ending 10 February, 2013), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England was 14.5 per 100,000.

Admissions to intensive care units

In week 6, there were 34 new flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There were two deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported in week 6.

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