Yvette Cooper warns the NHS faces a 'more challenging' winter, pledging £140m for urgent care

Summary

Health Secretary Yvette Cooper warned that the NHS faces a 'more challenging' winter than normal after this summer's record-breaking heat, Sky News reported on 18 October, the Evening Standard and The Independent reporting the same warning and Cooper's statement that the Government has been preparing early and investing in extra urgent care capacity. Cooper pledged £140m to boost urgent care, with money to be spent on ambulances and A&E upgrades, The Guardian reported, and the Manchester Evening News said Wigan Infirmary gets a £4.7m boost as the government announces more NHS winter funding. Cooper also pledged action to end 'corridor care' for children in hospitals, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported, The Independent quoting Cooper as saying child health needs to be 'a much greater priority for the NHS'. Leading A&E medics sounded the alarm over NHS winter pressures, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported on Tuesday 20 October, The Independent saying top A&E doctors warn that the NHS is not ready for winter and that hospitals face a 'horrific' situation as the NHS battles a year-round crisis in emergency care pressures, while experts warned the NHS is at the point 'where we can't tell where one crisis ends and the next begins'.

Latest: Leading A&E medics sounded the alarm over NHS winter pressures, the Evening Standard and The Independent reported, The Independent saying top A&E doctors warn that the NHS is not ready for winter, while experts warned the NHS is at the point 'where we can't tell where one crisis ends and the next begins'.

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