Health secretary orders urgent plan to stop hospital corridor care for children
Health Secretary Yvette Cooper has instructed NHS England to draw up plans to eliminate corridor care for children and announced 140 million pounds in urgent care funding.
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Health Secretary Yvette Cooper has instructed NHS England to draw up urgent plans to end the practice of treating children in hospital corridors, BBC News reported. Speaking on the Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg programme, Cooper stated that child health must become a much greater priority for the National Health Service. [1]
The health secretary also announced a 140 million pound investment in the urgent care system in England ahead of the winter period, according to BBC News. The decision follows calls from more than a dozen health groups urging government action to stop corridor care. [1]
Under the new directive, NHS England must create standards for how children are treated inside accident and emergency departments, BBC News reported. Universal health care systems aim to provide all citizens of a country with health coverage. [1][2]
In short
- Yvette Cooper asked NHS England to draw up plans to eliminate corridor care for children.
- The government announced a 140 million pound investment in England's urgent care system ahead of winter.
- More than a dozen health groups urged the health secretary to take action on corridor care.
Sources
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- [1]Urgent plan needed to end 'corridor care' for children, health secretary saysBBC News, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]Universal health care on Wikipedia
- [3]New Hampshire woman locked inside urgent care clinic after staff leave FTMQ News, 3d ago
- [4]UK home secretary orders urgent review of VIP security after Widdecombe murder FTMQ News, 5d ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 4 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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