Headlines of hospital emergency department (ED) under pressure are not hard to find in 2022. The one above is in Canada.

Health system pressures are not new, but this time it’s different.

The Covid pandemic has comprehensively exposed the vulnerability and fragility of the current health system to provide equitable and sustainable health services.

After two-plus years of the current pandemic, many health systems are tittering towards catastrophic collapse. And once again the bells of radical reforms are ringing.