NHSWinterSitreps

The NHSWinterSitreps R package provides functions for downloading and cleaning NHS England's winter situation reports. You can access data for every winter from 2012-13 to 2022-23.

To install:

devtools::install_github("matthewgthomas/NHSWinterSitreps")

To use:

library(NHSWinterSitreps)
sitrep = load_sitreps("2019-20")  # this can be one of "2019-20", "2018-19", "2017-18", "2016-17", "2015-16", "2014-15", "2013-14" or "2012-13"

The situation report will contain the following data:

A&E diverts
A&E closures
Ambulance delays (only for 2017-18 onward)
A&E attendance (only for 2015-16)
Bed occupancy
Beds occupied by long-stay patients (> 7 days and > 21 days) (only for 2017-18 onward)
Beds closed due to diarrhoea, vomiting, norovirus