York Press | Swine flu

Treating flu patients costing York Hospital £7.5k a day

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:56:14 +0000

THE cost of treating flu patients at York Hospital has been raised in the Commons by York Central MP Hugh Bayley.

Flu advice not to be sniffed at

Mon, 10 Jan 2011 08:23:45 +0000

FLU has the nation firmly in its grip at the moment.

Flu jabs running low in York

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 09:21:56 +0000

SOME of York’s leading pharmacies and surgeries have run out of flu vaccine – as York Hospital revealed it is opening a dedicated “flu ward” to deal with growing numbers of sick patients.

York Hospital feels strain of 'flu outbreak

Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:00:00 +0000

HEALTH services in York are being stretched to breaking point by a huge increase in people suffering from swine flu and other seasonal illnesses.

York Hospital staff praised for swine flu efforts

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 09:27:28 +0100

HARD-WORKING medical staff keeping their colleagues safe from swine flu have been recognised for their efforts at York Hospital.

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

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:36:38 +0000

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

National swine flu service to end

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:47:08 +0000

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

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:44:26 +0000

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

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 08:10:08 +0000

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

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:13:37 +0000

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

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:05:33 +0000

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

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:28:03 +0000

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

Rise in swine flu victims

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:45:05 +0000

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

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:59:45 +0000

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

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:30:59 +0000

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