A team of engineers from the Institute for Manufacturing at the Cambridge University has used modelling tools designed to boost factory efficiencies to help a local hospital better manage sudden surges in patient numbers.
Hospitals are facing a “triple whammy of pressures”, according to Saffron Cordery, CEO of NHS Providers – membership organisation for the NHS hospital, mental health, community and ambulance services. During the most challenging year in NHS history, hospitals now face winter itself, including the prospect of flu, the ongoing pandemic and possible second surge, and…
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