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Hospitals: Admissions

Asked by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 19 December 2024UIN 20019

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of patients admitted to hospital this year with (a) Covid, (b) flu (c) RSV and (d) norovirus; and what those figures were for the same period in (i) 2023 and (ii) 2022.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The data is not available in the format requested for flu, the respiratory syncytial virus, or norovirus. The following table shows the number admissions with COVID-19, in each of the last three years:

Year

Number of admissions with COVID-19

2024

27,594

2023

46,085

2022

123,924

Source: data is from NHS England, and is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/
Note: data is only available for 2024 from 1 January to 30 November.

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