There were 5 A&E diverts in place during the 4 days up to 1 March 2012.

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 closures during the 4 days up to 1 March 2012.

A&E attendances and emergency admissions

In the week ending 01 March 2012, there were 430,261 A&E attendances and 102,335 emergency admissions. For A&E attendances, this was 0.1% lower than the previous week and for emergency admissions, this was 1.4% lower.

Beds closed due to norovirus

There has been a decrease in the 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. 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 shows a decrease.

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 that 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’.

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 4 March 2012), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England was 15.1 per 100,000.

Flu vaccination

The provisional end of season vaccination uptake rates show the following position at the end of January.

• 74% of people aged 65 or over have had the flu jab.
• 52% of patients under 65 in clinical risk groups have had the flu jab.
• 45% of frontline healthcare workers have had the flu jab.

Admissions to intensive care units

Since early October, there have been 162 flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There have been fourteen deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported so far this flu season.

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

There were 19 A&E diverts in place during the week ending 26 February 2012.

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 closures during the week ending 26 February 2012.

A&E attendances and emergency admissions

In the week ending 26 February 2012, there were 430,636 A&E attendances and 103,799 emergency admissions. For A&E attendances, this was 4.6% higher than the previous week and for emergency admissions, this was 0.9% higher.

Beds closed due to norovirus

There has been a decrease in the 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. 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 shows a decrease.

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 that 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’.

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 26 February 2012), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England was 16.1 per 100,000.

Flu vaccination

The provisional end of season vaccination uptake rates show the following position at the end of January.

• 74% of people aged 65 or over have had the flu jab.
• 52% of patients under 65 in clinical risk groups have had the flu jab.
• 45% of frontline healthcare workers have had the flu jab.

Admissions to intensive care units

Since early October, there have been 143 flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There have been seven deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported so far this flu season.

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

Estimates suggest that flu-like activity – that is, the number of people with flu-like symptoms seeing their GP – is currently low. For week 7 (ending 19 February 2012), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England was 20.2 per 100,000.

Flu vaccination

The provisional end of season vaccination uptake rates show the following position at the end of January.

• 74% of people aged 65 or over have had the flu jab.
• 52% of patients under 65 in clinical risk groups have had the flu jab.

Admissions to intensive care units

Since early October, there have been 124 flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There have been six deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported so far this flu season.

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

There were 18 A&E diverts in place during the week ending 19 February 2012.

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 closures during the week ending 19 February 2012.

A&E attendances and emergency admissions

In the week ending 19 February 2012, there were 411,564 A&E attendances and 102,900 emergency admissions. For A&E attendances, this was 2.6% higher than the previous week and for emergency admissions, this was 2.4% higher.

Beds closed due to norovirus

There has been an increase in the 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. 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 shows an increase.

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 that 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’.

There were 22 A&E diverts in place during the week ending 12 February 2012.

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 closure during the week ending 12 February 2012.

A&E attendances and emergency admissions

In the week ending 12 February 2012, there were 401,313 A&E attendances and 100,485 emergency admissions. For A&E attendances, this was 4.6% higher than the previous week and for emergency admissions, this was 3.1% higher.

Beds closed due to norovirus

There has been an increase in the 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. 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 shows an increase.

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 that 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’.

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 12 February 2012), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England was 15.6 per 100,000.

Admissions to intensive care units

Since early October, there have been 118 flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There have been five deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported so far this flu season.

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

Estimates suggest that flu-like activity – that is, the number of people with flu-like symptoms seeing their GP – is currently low. For week 5 (ending 5 February 2012), the weekly primary care consultation rate for flu-like illness in England was 10.1 per 100,000.

Uptake of flu vaccine

The weekly collection of flu vaccine uptake data which runs from November to end January has now ceased. The figures below are therefore unchanged from last week.

Vaccine uptake in England is higher than last year except for pregnant women.

• 73.9% of people aged 65 or over have had the flu jab, compared with 72.6% last year.
• 51.4% of patients under 65 in clinical risk groups have had the flu jab compared with 49.8% last year.
• 26.4% of pregnant women have had the flu jab compared with 37.5% last year.

Admissions to intensive care units

Since early October, there have been 103 flu-related admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) reported across the UK. There have been five deaths from confirmed influenza in ICUs reported so far this flu season.

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

There were 13 A&E diverts in place during the week ending 5 February 2012.

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 closures during the week ending 5 February 2012.

A&E attendances and emergency admissions

In the week ending 5 February 2012, there were 383,782 A&E attendances and 97,469 emergency admissions. For A&E attendances, this was 4.9% lower than the previous week and for emergency admissions, this was 3.1% lower.

Beds closed due to norovirus

There has been a decrease in the 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. 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 shows a decrease.

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 that 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’.