{"id":155863,"date":"2025-09-23T17:08:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/155863\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:08:10","slug":"bury-nhs-leaders-to-set-out-winter-pressure-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/155863\/","title":{"rendered":"Bury NHS leaders to set out winter pressure planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The winter planning strategy for 2025\/26 outlines steps to keep urgent and emergency care running smoothly, manage hospital pressures and support patients at home.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Plans include boosting capacity in neighbourhood health teams, expanding &#8216;hospital at home&#8217; services and making it easier for consultants to review patients in the community rather than in hospital.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Flu and RSV vaccination drives are also being stepped up, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burytimes.co.uk\/topics\/health?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NHS<\/a> aiming to increase flu jab uptake among staff by 18 per cent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They will also offer the RSV vaccine to pregnant women over 28 weeks to reduce pressure on maternity and children\u2019s services.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Modelling has been carried out to prepare for potential surges in admissions, with scenarios looking at 10, 20 and 30 per cent increases in demand.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Extra staff are being arranged for peak times, including bank holidays, to ensure services remain safe and responsive.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burytimes.co.uk\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Get the latest news delivered straight to your inbox by signing up to the Bury Times morning newsletter as well as our breaking news alerts.<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The plan also highlights ongoing work with partners like social care and community providers to support people once they leave hospital, aiming to reduce readmissions and ease pressure on wards.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burytimes.co.uk?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bury<\/a> NHS leaders say the measures are designed to improve resilience and keep services running as smoothly as possible through what is expected to be a challenging winter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The plans, set out by the Bury Integrated Care Partnership and Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust, will be discussed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burytimes.co.uk\/topics\/bury-council?ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bury Council&#8217;s<\/a> health scrutiny meeting on Thursday (September 25).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Papers due to be presented to the committee said: &#8220;Surges in demand can impact the organisation at different periods across the year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The most sustained period of demand\u00a0is\u00a0generally\u00a0from\u00a0October\u00a0to March.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;This\u00a0demand\u00a0presents\u00a0in\u00a0waves\u00a0and\u00a0is\u00a0largely\u00a0driven\u00a0by\u00a0three\u00a0key pathways: paediatrics, respiratory and trauma.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our Winter preparedness must focus on creating capacity to deal effectively and safely with this additional demand, recognising that winter escalation capacity is dependent upon our people&#8217;s availability.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Keeping our staff healthy and in work will be essential to the delivery of our plan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Our plans have been developed with partners across our localities and with the North West Ambulance Service.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The winter planning strategy for 2025\/26 outlines steps to keep urgent and emergency care running smoothly, manage 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