Green Health & Wellness Winter planning: tackle workforce strain in urgent and emergency care – GWC Mag gwcmagSeptember 23, 2023052 views Rahul Aggarwal, final year medical student Guy’s, King’s, and St Thomas’ Medical School, Guy’s Campus, London, UK rahulaggarwal1998{at}gmail.com Iacobucci’s article highlights NHS plans to prepare for the winter and tackle urgent and emergency care (UEC) challenges. The plans fail, however, to confront the impact these measures might have on the already strained workforce.1 For several years the NHS has grappled with chronic staffing problems, exacerbated by escalating sickness absence rates among UEC staff. While the UEC delivery …