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Winter flu death toll topped 600
Winter flu death toll topped 600
By Nick Triggle Health Correspondent, BBC News
The Flu Season
Last winter’s flu outbreak claimed 602 lives in the UK, with more than 70% of the deaths among 15- to 64-year-olds, Health Protection Agency figures show.
Flu normally hits older people, but last winter it acted differently as the main strain was swine flu, which the elderly have some resistance to.
The HPA figures also show just 50% of under-65s in at-risk groups in England and Wales were immunised against flu.
Officials said the vaccination uptake figures were “very concerning”.
Norfolk hospital’s drive to improve dementia care
Norfolk hospital’s drive to improve dementia care
By KIM BRISCOE, Health correspondent Wednesday, May 25, 2011
10.03 AM
“More About Me” – Dementia project at the James Paget University Hospital, Gorleston. It focuses on improving hydration and nutrition for patients. The project uses the forget me not flower as it logo. Sarah Hay, Barry Pinkney and Ali Thayne
A tiny blue flower has become the symbol of a Norfolk hospital’s pioneering project to improve care for dementia patients.
