We dive deep into the UK's sharpest early H3N2 flu wave in years, with host Dr Jonny Wilkinson, and an outstanding expert panel:

• Prof Shondipon Laha (Consultant in Critical Care & Anaesthesia, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and President of the Intensive Care Society)

• Prof Anthony Gordon (Imperial College London - Professor of Anaesthesia & Critical Care, NIHR Research Professor and Consultant Intensivist)

• Dr Brijesh Patel (Imperial College & Royal Brompton - Reader in Cardiothoracic Intensive Care, Consultant Intensivist and national ECMO lead)

• Prof Anthony Conway-Morris (University of Cambridge & Addenbrooke's - MRC Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant specialising in critical care immunology)

• Mark Borthwick (Oxford University Hospitals - Consultant Pharmacist for Critical Care and past chair of the UKCPA Critical Care Group)

From frontline pressures and ECMO preparedness to antivirals and public health messaging - essential listening for anyone in critical care this winter.