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<p>The National Health Service faces higher demand every winter, and its staff are
experienced in advance planning to meet the challenges this brings.</p><p> </p><p>With
Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs), the NHS and local authorities have
come together to develop proposals for health and care in their area over the next
few years, helping them to tackle growing demand. With services feeling the strain,
collaboration between organisations will give doctors, nurses and care staff the best
chance of success.</p><p> </p><p>STPs are based on local knowledge about the priorities
in each part of the country, including those relating to local winter pressure. Each
was asked to tackle strategic challenges and to make progress on national priorities,
including the Urgent and Emergency Care Review chaired by Sir Bruce Keogh.</p><p>
</p><p>To help with this, local STP leaders received practical guides from NHS England
and NHS Improvement describing what success in 2020 would look like and giving suggestions
about how they could approach implementation. These included subjects relevant to
winter pressures like urgent and emergency care.</p>
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