# Influenza in London hospital beds

> Confirmed-flu occupancy in general-and-acute and critical-care beds through the winter SitRep season.

- Category: NHS
- Cadence: weekly
- Status: Published on a weekly cadence.
- Dataset key: `nhs-winter-flu-pressure`
- Source: [NHS England](https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/uec-sitrep/)
- Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0 — [terms](https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/)
- Canonical page: [https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-winter-flu-pressure](https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-winter-flu-pressure)
- Machine-readable record: [https://londongraph.com/data/nhs-winter-flu-pressure](https://londongraph.com/data/nhs-winter-flu-pressure)

## Methodology

Daily confirmed-influenza bed counts summed across NHS London-region providers. NHS England publishes the records weekly during winter; they are minimally validated management information and may be revised. This is seasonal operational context, not a live infection-surveillance feed or a measure of influenza prevalence in London residents.

## Visualisations

- [Trend](https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-winter-flu-pressure): Confirmed-flu occupancy in general-and-acute and critical-care beds through the winter SitRep season.
- [Seasonality](https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-winter-flu-pressure?view=seasonality): Arrange repeated periods to reveal the calendar pattern.
- [Change](https://londongraph.com/g/nhs-winter-flu-pressure?view=change): Show the change from each preceding published period.

## Citation guidance

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