Winter pressures on health: an alternative perspective

Winter pressures on health: an alternative perspective Anyone who has spent time working in the NHS will hear the term ‘winter pressures’ and immediately think of the whole range of challenges the service faces at this time of year: increased demand from flu and norovirus, cancelled operations, medical ‘outliers’, and staffing shortages. All of them making a job - demanding at the best of times - more challenging for NHS staff. The Health Foundation