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<p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State and his Ministers meet with a variety
of stakeholders on a regular basis, as do staff in the Department.</p><p> </p><p>The
Operational Pressures Escalation Level framework is a useful tool that may be used
locally to monitor operational pressures. NHS England, however, uses a wider and more
in depth number of data sources through winter to help monitor performance and ensure
appropriate responses to specific pressures. These include information on bed availability
and occupancy, cancelled operations, accident and emergency waits, ambulance performance
and delayed transfers of care. In addition, winter daily situation reports are also
collected from acute trusts across the country each weekday and indicate where there
are any winter pressures. These are published on a weekly basis.</p><p> </p><p>Winter
daily situation reports are published by NHS England and can accessed here:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2017-18-data/"
target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/winter-daily-sitreps/winter-daily-sitrep-2017-18-data/</a></p>
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