Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 103274

Influenza: Hospitals

Tabled: 6 January 2026
Answered: 15 January 2026

Question

Jim Shannon

Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many admissions to hospital there were for flu in December 2025.

Answer

Karin Smyth
In December 2025, an average of 2,888 hospital beds were occupied by patients with flu across all acute settings, including both General and Acute and Critical Care beds.These figures are published in the NHS England Winter Situation Reports, which are av...
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