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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Rhiannon James

Streeting warns of ‘challenging winter’ for NHS and condemns use of cafe as ward

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said plans for the NHS had been brought forward (Danny Lawson/PA) - (PA Wire)

Wes Streeting warned there is a “challenging winter” ahead for the NHS, as he condemned the use of a hospital coffee shop as an emergency ward.

Patients at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford were treated in beds which had been moved to a cafe to cope with rising demand.

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