I cannot stress enough the importance of getting booked in to protect yourself against serious illness and to avoid ‘festive flu’.”
Wes Streeting, the secretary of health and social care, also urged those who qualify for free NHS vaccines to receive them “before it’s too late”.
He said: “With AandEs facing record demand, we are continuing to encourage people to protect themselves, their family, and the NHS by getting vaccinated before it’s too late.”
“The situation in the NHS is fraught as it enters what looks to be a deeply troubling winter,” said Danielle Jefferies, a senior analyst at The King’s Fund think tank, warning that services are running “red hot.”
The Royal College of Nursing’s Patricia Marquis continues, “The NHS is woefully underprepared for the crisis flooding into its wards this winter.”
