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NHS Winter Pressures

Impact and inequalities of winter pressures in primary care: providing the evidence base for mitigation strategies

Summary:

NHS services come under increased pressure in winter, with effects on general practice, emergency care, and inpatient services. The burden on primary care providers during winter is intense but little explored, and there is incomplete understanding of the downstream consequences on patient health of these pressures. Interruptions to routine care can cause major collateral health impacts, as demonstrated by the Covid pandemic.

This project will address socioeconomic and ethnic inequalities in experiences and consequences of winter pressures experienced in primary care. We will use administrative records to identify practices experiencing unusual pressure, infer the consequences for patient health and secondary care, and predict when a practice will experience pressure. We will quantify the role that immunisations could play in mitigating these effects.

Non-Commercial Study

Type of Study:

PIC

Is this Study Applicable to the RSI Scheme?

For the purpose of the RSI scheme this study will count as a Remote Recruiting study

Recruitment Duration:

Until 30/04/2027

Practice Activity:

X1 Staff member at the practice to complete a 2 minute survey every 2 weeks for 12 months.
Display poster to staff

Optional Pharmacy within GP Practice Activity:

N/A

Practice Eligibility Criteria:

Practice Target:

Participant Eligibility Criteria:

Staff members working at a TPP S1 practice
If staff work at multiple practices, we ask that they respond only for the practice they work the most FTE hours at.