As to hospital not flu in this case – it’s that they used to have 4 nurse practitioners and suddenly they’re down to two – or two-and-a-bit. One’s drastically reduced her hours and the other’s gone off to specialise in JRA apparently. So we have a mad situation where the two nurse practitioners are supposed to see as many patients as the umpteen consultants and registrars! It’s a long story but it boils down to ‘bugger off unless you’re dying’.