Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 98413

Influenza

Tabled: 9 December 2025
Answered: 16 December 2025

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been admitted to hospital in the last month with Flu A.

Answer

Karin Smyth
NHS England began publishing Winter Situation Reports on 24 November, meaning data on flu-specific bed occupancy is only available from this date onwards. Between 24 November and 7 December, an average of 2,189 hospital beds were occupied by patients with...
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