With the horrors of the pandemic still fresh in their minds, NHS staff now face a deadly twindemic of Covid and flu which they fear could cripple the NHS in the coming weeks.
The Mirror joined doctors and nurses on the frontline as they battle the growing crisis, which one medic warned could be the worst winter on record for a health service already struggling to cope thanks to savage Tory cuts.
Staff at Royal Preston Hospital took us onto the respiratory ward, where patients with both flu and Covid have already been admitted.
