Hospital managers often talk of winter pressures due to high admission rates of older people falling in icy weather or experiencing respiratory diseases. But year-round pressures to reduce waiting lists mean our hospitals are often full during the summer months too.So does nursing workload fluctuate across the seasons, and does ward staffing match any variation?This analysis suggests that, as far as nurses are concerned, there is no such thing as winter pressure because they are equally busy across the seasons.
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