NHS hospitals face a “worst case scenario” this month with another large surge in flu admissions, health leaders have warned.An average of 2660 patients a day were in a hospital bed with flu last week, figures from NHS England show. This is the highest ever for this time of year and up 55% from the 1717 admissions last week.NHS England’s national medical director, Meghana Pandit, said, “The number of patients in hospital with flu is extremely high for this time of year.” Even worse, it continues to rise, and the peak is not in sight yet, so the NHS faces an extremely challenging few weeks ahead.“With record demand for A&E and ambulances and an impending resident doctors strike, this unprecedented wave of ‘super flu’ is leaving the NHS facing a worst case scenario for this time of year.”Van

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