January 2018
The latest Public Health England (PHE) report published on 11th January shows that seasonal flu activity levels have continued to increase in the preceding week across the UK but various indicators show the rate of increase is slowing. The statistics show there has been an 11% increase in the flu hospitalisation rate, a 42% increase in the GP consultation rate with flu like illness compared to the previous week (when practices were open for 4 days), and an 8% reduction in the flu intensive care admission rate.