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Ambulances outside the A&E department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital(Image: Darren Quinton\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\nThe Queen Elizabeth, Good Hope, Heartlands and Solihull hospitals each had critical incidents in place on Monday, December 8Ambulances outside the A&E department at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital(Image: Darren Quinton\/Birmingham Live)<\/p>\n
Four Birmingham hospitals which declared a critical incident after a huge rise of ‘superflu’ cases have stood down the alert.<\/p>\n
University Hospitals Birmingham<\/a> (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Queen Elizabeth, <\/a>Good Hope<\/a>, Heartlands<\/a> and Solihull<\/a> hospitals, each had critical incidents<\/a> in place on Monday, December 8.<\/p>\n Each of its overcrowded A&E departments had faced huge demand due to extreme winter pressures amid the high amount of flu patients. But UHB withdrew the critical incident declaration last night, Thursday, December 11.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Cash-strapped Birmingham city council nets \u00a32.3m after quickfire Christmas property sales<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE: Sick Birmingham rapist preyed on teenage girls<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n READ MORE: Moment yob uses fire extinguisher in ‘dangerous’ police chase in Birmingham<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n UGB confirmed to BirminghamLive around 240 inpatients with flu remained across its hospital network today, Friday, December 12.<\/p>\n More than a dozen were in critical care.<\/p>\n Figures yesterday 275 patients were in its emergency departments and 89 people had been waiting for an inpatient bed.<\/p>\n Some hospitals were seeing A&E wait times of up to eight hours at the height of the alert earlier this week.<\/p>\n Birmingham was found to be the worst affected’ area for the so-called superflu<\/a>, according to a new update from the NHS<\/a>. Latest figures showed more than 200 hospital beds a day (217) were being occupied by flu<\/a> patients at hospitals<\/a> in Birmingham<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS<\/a> Trust, which runs Royal Stoke University Hospital and County Hospital, Stafford, removed its critical incident on Wednesday, December 10.<\/p>\n Get breaking news on BirminghamLive WhatsApp<\/a>, click the link to join<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr Grace Shorthouse, a consultant geriatrician at the Midland Metropolitan Hospital in Smethwick<\/a> said it felt busier than usual for staff.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/0_Map_Flu.png\")
A map shows the areas where the most patients have been hospitalised with flu<\/p>\n