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Hospital slammed after using coffee shop as emergency hospital ward: ‘It’s appalling’

The Health Secretary criticised William Harvey Hospital in Kent after patients were treated in beds which had been moved to a cafe to cope with rising demand

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

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

The Health Secretary told the Commons the NHS is ‘already running hot ahead of winter’, but said the Government is ‘not complacent about that’.

Evening Standard · Oct 21, 2025