Fears thousands could be hospitalised when mutated flu wave strikes

Hospitals are bracing for a difficult few weeks, with strikes as well as the wave of infection (Picture: Getty)This year’s flu season shows no signs of slowing down, with numbers of people hospitalised already at record levels for this time of year.
NHS boss Sir Jim Mackey warned last month that this winter ‘will be one of the toughest our staff have ever faced’.Now, the statistics are following through, with an average of 1,717 flu patients in hospital beds in England each da