terms of shortages, delays. yes, absolutely. it terms of shortages, delays. yes, absolutely. it says terms of shortages, delays. yes, absolutely. it says there - terms of shortages, delays. yes, absolutely. it says there are - terms of shortages, delays. yes, absolutely. it says there are 12,000 people absolutely. it says there are 12,000 people stuck in hospitals who cannot be moved people stuck in hospitals who cannot be moved elsewhere, people having to id be moved elsewhere, people having to -o to be moved elsewhere, people having to go to different a&e is because there waiting go to different a&e is because there waiting so go to different a&e is because there waiting so long and comparing hospitals to wartime field hospitals, it is quite extraordinary. we have had a lot of these extraordinary. we have had a lot of these front extraordinary. we have had a lot of these front pages in the last few months. these front pages in the last few months, talk about the scale
weather front moves north, still cold in the north. as the weatherfront moves north, some transient snow in the hills of northern england, southern scotland, the highlands and grampian is, with milder air behind. there could be tricky travelling conditions in higher areas especially in the highlands tomorrow morning. tomorrow, hillsnow highlands tomorrow morning. tomorrow, hill snow pushes north through the day, drier and brighter behind it with some sunshine but showers still to the west. health officials are warning anyone with a cough or cold to avoid spending christmas with their grandparents this year to protect them from a surge in winter viruses. the uk health security agency has urged those with symptoms to stay at home and wear masks in enclosed spaces. the number of people in hospital with flu in england has increased by two thirds in one week. new nhs england data shows an average of 1,900 people with flu were in hospital each day last week, up by 67% on the previous week. t
your house or do normal activities, struggling to the point where you need an ambulance, you need amd, if you are dehydrated and not getting enough fluid, not passing you re in regularly, feeling lethargic and unable to communicate, particularly if children are not responding, we ask parents of the child is alert and behaving normally, other children will get a little bit sleepy when they are unwell but parents know if their child is not behaving normally, and we need to seek those children, and particularly elderly and frail adults. ., ., , , adults. how do those symptoms differ from particularly adults. how do those symptoms differ from particularly strep adults. how do those symptoms differ from particularly strep a adults. how do those symptoms differ from particularly strep a symptoms? i from particularly strep a symptoms? it is difficult at this time of year because all winter viruses tend to have similar symptoms. i can say if
because sometimes people can be not as nice to us as we d like. paediatric a&e is especially busy. some parents, worried about strep a, mostly it s winter viruses. so, we got told to come in by the gp. 0k. a nurse is checking out rafe, who has come in with his father, richard. four hours later we caught up with them again. have they told you how long the wait will be? no. i haven t asked yet. i know they re busy but i haven t asked. i ll probably give it another half an hour, then i ll ask. this department was built to see about 20, 30 patients. on saturday night we had 53 patients in here, so you can imagine 53 patients, that sjust patients. if you take into account each one of those will have a parent, that s already 100 patients. if they had a sibling, that s 150 patients. omar, who is lead consultant, is urging people to come to a&e only if they really need to. there s a lot of people who worry and have been worried since the pandemic that if they have a symptom it means they have