title: NHS healthcare workers prepare for winter's double whammy.
abstract: As temperatures drop, pressure on the NHS rises. So winter, with its increased levels of sickness and higher numbers of emergency admissions particularly of frail older people, is always a challenge.
mesh_terms: D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000639:trends; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D018582:Sick Leave; D013222:State Medicine; D055872:Surge Capacity; D014887:Weather