Name: 英國醫院流感病患創紀錄！BBC新聞 (England hospitals face record flu patients | BBC News)
Uploaded: 2025-12-12T17:10:03.000Z
Duration: 2 min 47 s

The Health Secretary, West Streeting, says the NHS is being hit by a tidal wave of flu.

衛生大臣 West Streeting 表示，英國國民保健署正遭受流感的巨浪衝擊。

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Last week, thousands of people a day were in hospital in England, more than six times as many as this time last year.

上週，英格蘭每天有數千人住院，比去年同期多出六倍以上。

There were also noticeable rises in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

蘇格蘭、威爾斯和北愛爾蘭的數字也有明顯上升。

As Alison Earle reports, in hospitals up and down the country, it's a similar picture, an unprecedented rise in patients with flu putting extra pressure on resources.

根據 Alison Earle 的報導，全國各地的醫院情況類似，流感病患的數量前所未有地增加，給資源帶來額外壓力。

In the first week or so of December, we saw as many cases as we did in the same period of time in the whole of November.

在十二月的第一週左右，我們看到的病例數與十一月同期一樣多。

So we're further ahead this year in terms of an earlier onset of flu and a higher peak.

所以今年流感的發病時間更早，高峰也更高。

We are expecting it to get worse over the next two weeks as well, so things are really critical at the moment.

我們預計未來兩週情況還會更糟，所以目前情況真的很危急。

Last week, an average of 2,660 patients in England were treated in hospital for the virus, up more than 40% from the same period last year.

上週，英格蘭平均每天有 2,660 名病患因流感在醫院接受治療，比去年同期增加了 40% 以上。

Writing in the Times, the Health Secretary, Wes Streeting said it's left the health service facing a challenge unlike any it has seen since the pandemic.

衛生大臣 Wes Streeting 在《泰晤士報》撰文表示，這讓健保體系面臨了疫情以來前所未有的挑戰。

He suggests the numbers could triple by the peak of the pressures and the NHS doesn't know when the peak will hit.

他建議，在壓力高峰期，病例數可能會增加兩倍，而英國國民保健署也不知道高峰何時會來臨。

He also appealed directly to resident doctors to call off their latest strike with, which is due to start next Wednesday, and

他也直接呼籲住院醫師取消下週三即將開始的最新罷工，

Mobile vaccination clinics like this one in Solihull are urging those eligible to get a jab.

像索利哈爾這裡的流動疫苗接種診所，正在鼓勵符合資格的人們接種。

We started sending mobile vans to areas where we knew there was low uptake and also where there was a good footfall.

我們開始將流動診所車開往我們知道接種率較低，同時人潮也較多的地區。

And actually it's been great because it means people come in who perhaps would have missed their GP or the pharmacy.

而且這真的很棒，因為這表示有些人原本可能會錯過家庭醫生或藥局的接種，現在卻來了。

To help prevent the spread in many settings, it's a return to masks.

為了幫助在許多場合預防傳播，現在又需要戴口罩了。

I think it's a necessary thing to have to do.

I. I'm not keen, to be fair, I find it quite inhibiting.

說實話，我不太喜歡，我覺得有點受限制。

I've got my elderly nan at home and I'm coming here.

我家中還有年長的祖母，而我現在來這裡。

I could be bringing that back home to her.

But experts say we can all do our bit to ease the strain on the nhs, make sure that those who can look after themselves and don't need hospital medical information, don't go to the GP or don't go to the hospital.

不過專家說我們都可以盡一份力，減輕英國國民保健署的負擔，確保那些能自行照顧自己、不需要醫院醫療資訊的人，不要去看家庭醫生或去醫院。

Just rest at home, take plenty of fluids and paracetamol and try.

就只是待在家休息，多喝水，吃點普拿疼，然後試著。

A system which is dealing with record levels of winter viruses and the worst could be yet to come.

這個系統正應付著創紀錄的冬季病毒，而最糟的可能還沒到來。