Editorial - Evolve, Adapt, Innovate and Deliver: Acute Medicine post COVID pandemic

Predictions for acute care in the upcoming months are difficult. There will be challenges: there always are and that to a degree is what makes working in acute care so fulfilling. However, even the most adaptive and innovative acute care systems will toil when these challenges become overwhelming. Back in 2015, the then SAM President Mark Holland described a "perfect storm" of events that could lead to a challenging winter period. It was as predicted;but this storm continues to evolve and has not yet reached its perfected chaotic peak.