Hospitals: Admissions
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 with (a) covid, (b) flu and (c) respiratory syncytial virus in (i) 2025, (ii) 2024 and (iii) 2023.
Answered by Karin Smyth
NHS England publishes data on hospital admissions, including due to influenza and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). The data is available at the following link:
NHS England publishes data on hospital admissions including those that relate to the number of patients admitted with COVID-19. The data is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-hospital-activity/
The following table shows the number of hospital admissions for COVID-19, influenza, and RSV in 2023/24 and 2024/25:
Hospital Admissions | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Influenza | 28,003 | 59,320 |
RSV | 19,572 | 19,457 |
COVID-19 | 35,507 | 23,507 |
Source: NHS England Digital
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