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2022-23 was probably the worst ever winter for the NHS, after a steep collapse in performance. This year\u2019s been a little better \u2014 new figures confirm \u2014 but how was this achieved, and\xa0what does it mean for\xa0coming months?

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This week\u2019s HSJ Health Check podcast reviews the latest figures on emergency care performance \u2014 across A&E waits, ambulance delays and response times, discharge and length of stay.

On nearly all measures, services have been better this winter than the year before, but only a little bit, and still well down on 2019 levels, which were already poor.\xa0

We discuss what the service did to claw back performance, and the prospects for the coming year.

With Dave West, Matt Discombe and Alison Moore.

Send views and questions to\xa0dave.west@hsj.co.uk.