NHS 'failing' elderly as more struck by flu Hospital admissions for people with flu jumped last winter, official figures reveal, as NHS leaders were accused of failing to vaccinate enough elderly people.
The season saw 16,133 additional patients requiring specialist help for flu and pneumonia compared to the year before, almost a third of whom were pensioners.
Despite the increased risk from flu faced by older people, only 15 per cent of local NHS areas are managing to hit the government target to immunise three-quarters of people aged 65 and over. The Daily Telegraph
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