*Supergrippe“-Welle trifft Krankenhäuser in #England*

...Laut #NHS #England stieg auch die Zahl der Patienten, die mit dem #Norovirus, einem Erreger von Erbrechen, ins Krankenhaus eingeliefert wurden, auf über 350 Betten..."

...mehr als 50 % gestiegen👈, wobei die Verantwortlichen des staatlichen Gesundheitsdienstes #NHS warnen, dass es noch keine Anzeichen dafür gibt, dass die „Supergrippe“ ihren Höhepunkt erreicht hat.

In der Woche bis Sonntag gab es 👉durchschnittlich 2.660 Grippefälle pro Tag in Krankenhäusern 👈– und laut NHS England sind die Zahlen in dieser Woche weiter gestiegen.

#NHS England erklärte, dies entspreche drei Krankenhäusern voller Grippepatienten, wobei einige berichten, dass 👉fast jedes...

So the UK has agreed to raise the price it pays for US-supplied medicines as part of a deal to avoid tariffs on UK pharmaceutical exports to the USA.... but the Treasury is not allowing for this price rise in its NHS budgetary settlement.

So, its one more mechanism to transfer NHS spending to the private sector while worsening the budget pressures on the health service.

Resident Doctors might also ask: if you can find £1.5bn for this, where's our money?

#NHS #pharmaceuticals #politics
h/t FT

Scots told to wear face mask if you feel ill

Scots advised to wear face #masks & stay away from #work, #school, #hospitals until they are better as flu cases across the country continue to rise

Public #Health #Scotland has advised anyone with flu symptoms to stay away from public settings and to wear face masks in high-risk parts of hospitals. Some #NHS trusts have also asked anyone with flu symptoms to avoid visiting hospitals entirely.

thenational.scot/news/25677864…

#illness #PublicHealth #OurNHS

Scots told to wear a face mask if you feel ill in flu surge

SCOTS have been advised to wear face masks and stay away from work, school, or hospitals until they are better as flu cases across the country…

^{Laura Pollock (The National)}

"Microsoft has ‘ripped off the NHS’, says MP amid call for contracts with British firms"
theguardian.com/society/2025/n…

Not just the NHS. Universities and the whole UKRI are under its grip, incomprehensibly. How was this frog ever not going to be boiled? And it's not for lack of good alternatives.

#NHS #UK #Microsoft #DigitalSovereignty

Microsoft has ‘ripped off the NHS’, says MP amid call for contracts with British firms

Samantha Niblett highlighted government’s multi-billion-pound deals with Microsoft and ‘getting locked in’

^{Robert Booth (The Guardian)}