Winter Deaths Surge Blamed On Flu Jab Issues

Excess winter deaths in England and Wales reached 43,900 last year, the highest number since 1999. That represented a rise of 151% on the previous winter and the biggest annual jump in more than 40 years, figures from the Office for National Statistics revealed. Claudia Wells, the head of mortality statistics at the ONS, said: "While the cold temperature is a factor, most of last winter was warmer than average.