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Latest winter pressures

NHS braced for admissions spike ahead of Bonfire Night

By Lee Peart 02 November 2026

NHS hospitals are bracing for a spike in admissions ahead of Bonfire Night on 5 November after admissions jumped 42% last November, with some children suffering life-changing injuries.

DHSC

Government invests £140m in urgent care schemes to ease winter pressures

By Lee Peart 19 October 2026

The Government is investing £140m in 14 urgent care schemes to ease winter pressures on the NHS.

ICBS

Editor's comment - Light at the end of the tunnel?

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

The last 12 months have been particularly tough for NHS providers and ICBs faced with eye-watering demands to cut costs and hit ambitious targets while weathering strike action and record flu levels.

NHS GRAMPIAN

Up for the challenge

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

Recently appointed chief executive Laura Skaife-Knight shares the progress she and her team have made at Scotland’s most challenged health board, NHS Grampian.

NHS ENGLAND

NHS 'far from complacent' despite drop in flu admissions

By Liz Wells 02 January 2026

The number of people in hospital with flu dropped off during Christmas week, but England’s top doctor has warned that the NHS is ‘far from complacent’ during cold snap.

WINTER PRESSURES

Editor's comment - Different this time?

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Leaders will be hoping that better planning will mean the NHS is better prepared to weather the winter months this time around, writes Lee Peart, editor at Healthcare Management

WORKFORCE

NHS faces 'new normal' sickness crisis

By Liz Wells 20 October 2025

NHS staff sickness has settled at a substantially higher, "new normal" baseline since the pandemic, pointing to a worsening and sustained health crisis among healthcare workers, new analysis reveals.

NHS

Hospital patients with flu quadrupled ahead of new year

By Liz Wells 03 January 2025

Flu cases have continued to skyrocket, with more than 5,000 patients hospitalised with the virus at the end of last week, new data reveals.

TECHNOLOGY

NHS Lothian deploys Lenus Stratify to address winter pressures

By Liz Wells 16 December 2024

NHS Lothian has partnered with Lenus Health to risk stratify patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) to help prioritise those at highest risk for a review.