Just a quick update using the the latest hospitalisation data from UKHSA (up to 6 October 2025).
Tentative signs that the latest Covid wave might have peaked (we saw a slight drop in the most recent week), but Flu hospitalisations are higher than they were at this time last year and in 2023, suggesting an early start to the Flu season. Wasterwater monitoring in Scotland for Covid (which doesn’t rely on people on testing) also shows a slight decline in most recent week (although Soctland has not seen the sharp peak that we have seen in hospitalisations in England, either in its hospitalisation or wasterwater).
Note that this doesn’t mean Covid has gone away – there is still lots of around. If you can get vaccinated for both or either, I’d definitely do it!
