An RSV vaccine for babies has not yet been rolled out (Picture: Getty) Government delays to a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine programme will mean thousands of babies and infants need hospital treatment this winter – putting added pressure on the NHS. Dr Camilla Kingdon, president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) told The Independent she is frustrated with the delay. The virus, which affects both children and adults, causes 30,000 hospital admissions each winter and leads to dozens of deaths. ‘We’re frustrated [beacuse] if we had acted sooner, we might have at least reduced the extent of the impact this winter and we’ve missed an opportunity there,’ said Dr Kingdon. ‘One of the aspects of winter that always fills us with dread is that we know that we’ll end up having to stop elective surgical lists because our hospitals are at full capacity with all the infections that we see in winter. ‘You’ve got to get ahead of the game. We’re ...