An average of 72 children were admitted to hospitals with RSV, which often results in the common cold but may be dangerous for the elderly and very young.
“Winter has been brutal so far for the NHS and we’re not out of the woods yet,” said Saffron Cordery,
Chief executive of NHS Providers, a group that advocates for hospital administrators. It’s conceivable that things will worsen before they improve.
December 2024 saw an increase in the average ambulance response time for heart attacks and strokes from 42 minutes in November to 47 minutes.
They exceeded the 30-minute average response time set by NHS England for category 2 calls in 2024–2025.
“Strokes and heart attacks are life-threatening emergencies,” said Dr. Sonya Babu-Narayan, Clinical Director of the British Heart Foundation.
