Written questions

Influenza: Lancashire

Commons · Question 99330 · Tabled 11 Dec 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of hospital admissions due to acute influenza across Lancashire; and how this compares to the same period last year.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 17 Dec 2025

Data on hospital admissions due to flu at a county level is not published. Between 25 November and 7 December 2025, there was a daily average of 346 adult general and acute beds occupied by flu patients in acute trusts in the North West. This was higher t...