Dr. Mike O'Connor:

The winter plan members have here is part of the overall winter plan, but there are also what we mentioned earlier, such as what specific impacts individual sites can make in a number of key areas. That relates to the over 24 hours piece, the over 75-year-old piece, and the patients who have long lengths of stay. Rather than blanket measures, we have asked hospitals and CHOs to think specifically about what measures they need. The plan this year is more nuanced than previous years. As well as the overarching plan, there are 29 individual plans to look at how each hospital can optimise flow, which sounds like a nebulous thing but actually is a very important thing, in addition to which are actual specific KPIs. Therefore, it is different than the previous winter plans.