Crisis Winter planning in the NHS is thorough every year, but structural capacity issues—few hospital beds, high occupancy, and weak social care—mean winter strains overwhelm the system, not poor preparation.

The NHS prepares for winter every year, yet chronic bed shortages and weak social care leave no buffer for seasonal demand—so winter crises persist. #NHSwinter #HealthCareCapacity #HospitalBeds

In 2023 Sam McCormack & I wrote an comment based article around the use of nursing simulation and spoke about how we can use this to empower our future nursing workforce to reject poor care & articulate their professional concerns #corridorcare #NHSWinter