NHS Trust braces for tough winter
The coming winter is likely to be even more difficult than the last for trusts, staff and patients, warns a new report from NHS Providers.
Steeling ourselves for winter 2018/19 explores how resilient the sector is to the pressures it will face this coming winter. It welcomes improvements that have been put in place by trusts and the national bodies, but also highlights areas where the challenges for the coming winter are even greater than this time last year.
Last year NHS trusts and frontline staff made extraordinary efforts to maintain the quality of services for patients and service users through the winter in the face of a relentless rise in demand for care, compounded by the worst flu strain in seven years.
