Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 89402

Influenza

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 26 November 2025

Question

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for the risk of increasing flu cases amid NHS strikes.

Answer

Ashley Dalton

The National Health Service in England has been preparing for winter with the development and better testing of winter plans with surge capacity and escalation plans in place across all NHS and urgent care services. In September NHS England ran seven regi...

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