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Health secretary says NHS staff snooping on medical records 'a total disgrace'
Cooper said 3,310 patients a day received corridor care in September as she ordered urgent new standards for children in emergency departments.
- On Sunday, Health Secretary Yvette Cooper ordered NHS England to create urgent standards for treating children in A&E, prioritizing elimination of "corridor care" following two-year-old Finlay Roberts' 2024 death.
- NHS figures show "corridor care" reached 50,582 patients waiting over 12 hours in September, up from 44,951 in August, as the service prepares for a "more challenging" winter.
- Cooper announced £140 million in funding this weekend to boost urgent care capacity across 14 schemes, including new urgent care centers and ambulance fleets addressing seasonal illness impacts.
- Health groups, including the Royal College of Nursing, wrote to the Health Secretary on Friday urging "whole-system action," warning the nursing workforce enters winter "running on empty and short of staff."
- The government pledged to end corridor care by the end of this Parliament, while Cooper confirmed working toward the 18-week treatment target, stating "the whole point about having the targets is about having something stretching.
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