Plan while the clinic is still quiet

The task is not to predict every future outbreak. It is to give Dev’s clinic a simple way to notice when a normal variation may be becoming a fast-moving problem.

A useful proposal is a routine the clinic can run. It should say where the weekly counts are recorded, who reviews them, what change triggers a conversation, and what the staff will do first. It should also include a false-alarm rule, because not every rise in cases needs the same response.

Keep it local: one clinic, its current staffing, and information people can collect during an ordinary week. Rough real counts are more useful than a dashboard no one has time to open.

Do not propose a city command centre or a product purchase. Propose the smallest practical change that gives the charge nurse more time to act before the waiting area becomes unmanageable.

If the team could test it on Thursday without a new building or a new data system, it is specific enough to begin.