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Claudia Savage

NHS must ‘plan, prepare and pull together’ through winter pressures – minister

Health minister Karin Smyth said the NHS and Government need to ‘plan, prepare and pull together’ to face additional pressure going into winter (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Wire)

The NHS and Government need to “plan, prepare and pull together” to face off additional pressure on services going into winter, a minister has said.

Giving an update to MPs on the health service’s preparedness for winter, health minister Karin Smyth also encouraged people to take up flu and other seasonal illness vaccinations.

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