Tag: winter pressure


  • UK flu season horror: NHS warns thousands could die

    UK flu season horror: NHS warns thousands could die

    Overview: A daunting winter ahead The NHS is bracing for a winter unlike any in recent memory as it faces what clinicians warn could be a brutal collision of a severe flu season with ongoing staff strikes. Sir Jim Mackey, chief executive of NHS England, described the coming months as a “collision” that could stretch…