Resilient healthcare refers to a healthcare system’s ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, and recover from adverse events, stresses, or disruptions while maintaining essential functions and service delivery. It emphasizes adaptability, flexibility, and the capacity to learn from experiences to improve future responses. Resilient healthcare systems can withstand challenges such as pandemics, natural disasters, economic shifts, and other crises, ensuring patient safety and healthcare accessibility. Key elements include strong leadership, effective communication, collaboration among stakeholders, appropriate resource allocation, and a focus on both physical and mental health. Overall, resilient healthcare aims to create a robust framework that can sustain health service delivery in the face of significant challenges.
Despite the recent technological setback that caused disruption across the healthcare sector, NHS England has successfully restored its systems following the global Microsoft outage. The unexpected shutdown, triggered by a…