#winterpressure

Winter all year round in urgent and emergency care: a large retrospective analysis of routinely collected NHS data across England, 2021–2022 - BMC Health Services Research BMC Health Services Research - ‘Winter pressures’ in urgent and emergency care (UEC) are widely accepted but have had little empirical attention. Amidst annually increasing demand for...

Thrilled to share our new paper, now published in BMC HSR. This work suggests that emergency care facilities across the country now experience 'winter' levels of demand and pressure all year round.

Thanks to co-authors & @arc-yharc.bsky.social, @hdruk.bsky.social!

#UEC #NHS #WinterPressure

Possibilities Winter exposes NHS fragility; planning is routine, not renewal. Leadership must reframe crisis into opportunity, empower teams, and restore belief to transform pressure into progress and limitations into possibilities.

Winter pressures aren’t inevitable. NHS leaders must replace resignation with belief—be visible, empower teams, celebrate wins, and turn endurance into improvement. #NHS #Leadership #WinterPressure

UK NHS icu/ed doctors- was this Christmas particularly terrible or did I just get a skewed view? Is the system decompensating or am I a magnet for badness? Both could be true. Nuffield trust data this year is worse than last but not by much. Data sources > vibe check #nhs #winterpressure #icu