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Unprecedented plans include command centres to make rapid decisions that include diverting ambulances to hospitals where there are free beds

The latest figures from NHS England show 32,776 people had to wait 12 hours or more to be admitted to A&E in September – the highest since records began in August 2010

Hospitals face a record 7 million treatment waiting list as well as high Covid rates

The plans come ahead of what is expected to be a difficult winter for the health service.

Command centres will be able to make rapid decisions, including diverting ambulances to hospitals where there are free beds amid NHS England's unprecedented plans

Draft guidelines for England state protocols can be initiated in relation to treatments obtained privately

A total of 996,554 people in the capital were waiting for routine hospital treatment at the end of August

England's National Health Service has drafted new guidelines for treating transgender youth that would call for local authorities to be alerted in some cases where young people have obtained puberty blockers and hormone therapies on the private market, according to a copy of the guidelines reviewed by Reuters.

While ambulances in England took an average of 47 minutes and 59 seconds to respond to 999 calls

It comes as more people have been called forward for their Covid-19 autumn booster.

An independent investigation has been carried out into the care of a mentally ill woman who killed her mother before cutting off her head