covid rates and given hospital si occupancy remains too high and emergency departments are too congested. we launched the recovery task force on 7th december and in the coming weeks we will publish our urgent and emergency care recovery plans and nhs england and the department of social care have been working over christmas on these plans, which were reviewed with care and health leaders in downing street on saturday. the recovery falls into three main areas of work. first, steps to support the system now. given the immediate pressures we face this winter. second, steps to support a whole system response this year to give better resilience in the summer and autumn. as we saw with the heat wave this summer a the levels of covid pressure is now sustained throughout the year, not