Labour pledges to end 'corridor care' and long waits with almost £450m NHS investment in England

North East NHS trusts face 'incredibly challenging' year amid need to save more than £400m

"Difficult decisions" are ahead across the NHS bodies in the North East - meaning come next year there are likely to be fewer staff at our hospitals and health services.

NHS England announces new A&E rules with millions of patients affected - Birmingham Live

Hundreds of thousands of patients needing urgent medical help will be treated in settings other than A&E as part of a drive to cut “corridor care”.

Don’t go to A&E, walking wounded told

Labour shake-up of NHS will see patients encouraged to visit same-day treatment centres rather than emergency units

Labour promises to slash A&E waiting times and end 'corridor care' with £450m NHS investment in England

Hundreds of thousands fewer patients will face long A&E waits, the Government has pledged, as it also set out plans to try and end “corridor care”.

Countess of Chester Hospital set for upgrades under £750 million funding package

A major investment plan will upgrade hospitals across the country, including Chester.

NHS to open mini A&Es across England to treat patients in four hours

The NHS will open 40 new “mini A&Es” at hospitals across England in a bid to treat hundreds of thousands more patients within four hours.The same-day emergency care and urgent treatment centres (UTC) – which treat and discharge patients in the same day – are part of plans to free up hospital beds for patients in serious emergencies. There are already some in existence in England, usually located next to A&E, where 95 per cent of patients are see…