NHS winter crisis: when a plan is not a plan

NHS winter crisis: when a plan is not a plan The government and the National Emergency Pressures Panel – the new panel set up by national NHS bodies and the Department of Health to respond to pressure on the NHS this winter – insist that the NHS has a better plan and is better prepared and ready for the challenges it is now facing than in previous years. The ongoing media interest and the experience of patients and staff would suggest that, despite all this planning, the NHS is in full-blown crisis. The King's Fund