Question follow-through · 94585
Influenza: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department are taking to ensure the NHS is appropriately prepared for winter flu-related admissions in 2025 and early 2026.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what measures his Department are taking to ensure the NHS is appropriately prepared for winter flu-related admissions in 2025 and early 2026.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
We have done more than ever to prepare for this winter, including stress testing winter plans, making sure community teams have the vaccines they need, and identifying the patients who are most vulnerable in winter. We are asking trusts to place a special...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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