Winter news and guidance

NHS England’s winter news, advice from Clinical Directors and blogs can be found here.

It is important the public know what they need to do to keep well and advice on how to keep well and where to get expert advice will be given throughout the winter and can be found on NHS Choices.

Cold weather alert

Following the launch of the Cold Weather Plan for England on 15 October 2015, the Met Office will be releasing cold weather alerts from 1 November. In line with this, the current alert is at Level 1. This is the standard alert level that is in force from 1 November to 31 March and indicates […]

Read more

Winter health check – 13 March 2015

This summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates. Winter health check –  13 March 2015 (document is available on our archived website).

Read more

Winter health check – 6 March 2015

This summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates. Winter health check –  6 March 2015 (document is available on our archived website).

Read more

Winter health check – 27 February 2015

This summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates. Winter health check – 27 February 2015 (document is available in our archived website).

Read more

Winter health check – 20 February 2015

This summary offers an overview of the system and pulls together information on waiting times in A&E, ambulance response times, daily situation reports from the NHS, and information on flu rates. Winter health check – 20 February 2015 (document is available on our archived website).

Read more