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Anyone who thinks they have swine flu should phone NHS Direct on 0845 4647 or visit direct.gov.uk/pandemicflu.

City of York Council's £65k swine flu bill

8:36am Monday 15th February 2010

COMBATING the threat of swine flu has left council bosses in York facing an unexpected £65,000 bill.

National swine flu service to end

9:47am Wednesday 10th February 2010

SUSPECTED swine flu-sufferers in North Yorkshire are being urged to contact their GP rather than the National Pandemic Flu Service.

Infants offered swine flu vaccine

9:44am Tuesday 26th January 2010

SWINE flu jabs are now being offered to babies and toddlers in York as part of the NHS’s next phase of immunisation.

Pensioners ignore swine flu vaccine

8:10am Thursday 21st January 2010

PENSIONERS in North Yorkshire are failing to take their chance to get protection against the spread of swine flu.

Numbers of people seeking help for ‘swine flu’ halved in North Yorkshire

Dr Phil Kirby

9:13am Wednesday 13th January 2010

THE number of people seeking checks on whether they have caught Swine flu has more than halved across North Yorkshire in the last month.

North Yorkshire GPs' fear people not coming forward for swine flu jab

12:05pm Thursday 3rd December 2009

DOCTORS have sent out a fresh swine flu appeal amid fears pregnant women and vulnerable children across North Yorkshire are not taking their chance to get protection against the virus.

Swine flu warning for North Yorkshire and York mums-to-be and children

1:28pm Wednesday 2nd December 2009

Health bosses have urged pregnant women and children to get the swine flu jab.

Rise in swine flu victims

9:45am Friday 27th November 2009

THE number of people needing hospital treatment for swine flu is increasing in York and the wider county.

Swine flu claims seven more victims in Yorkshire and the Humber

8:59am Friday 13th November 2009

SEVEN people have died of swine flu in the last fortnight in Yorkshire and the Humber out of a total of 16 who have lost their lives in the region since the outbreak began.

Hundreds of at-risk patients invited for swine flu vaccination

Dr John Lockett, of the Jorvik Medical Centre, on Peasholme Green, York, makes a flu vacine injection

8:30am Tuesday 3rd November 2009

ONE of York’s biggest surgeries has started vaccinating hundreds of at-risk patients against swine flu.

Flu jabs for York NHS staff

Senior  occupational health advisor Jane Lininsh gives a flu innoculation to a colleague

10:55am Saturday 31st October 2009

HOSPITAL workers in York have begun receiving protection against the spread of swine flu to ensure they stay healthy enough to treat patients.

Suspected swine flu cases rise in York

9:25am Friday 30th October 2009

SUSPECTED cases of swine flu have reached a new peak in York as the UK battles the second wave of the pandemic.

Westfield Health offering businesses Chamber Primary Health Plan in fight against spread of swine flu

10:14am Thursday 22nd October 2009

BUSINESSES across North Yorkshire are being urged to use a new weapon to help them combat the spread of swine flu.

Hospital staff to get swine flu jab

10:06am Saturday 3rd October 2009

HEALTH workers in North Yorkshire are to be vaccinated against the growing threat of swine flu to ensure they stay fit to treat those struck down by the illness.

NHS North Yorkshire and York chiefs plan for swine flu surge

8:32am Wednesday 23rd September 2009

Health chiefs say it is “inevitable” that some services will need to be sliced or suspended if an autumn Swine flu surge materialises.






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