Ending corridor care in hospitals for children will be a priority…

What BBN said about it

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHealth Secretary Yvette Cooper says ending corridor care for children in English hospitals will be a priority, and Lola Cruz is outside a hospital with the details this morning.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm standing outside the main entrance, and behind me the lights are on in every window, which I'm told is how winter preparation looks from the car park.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentCooper announced another a hundred and forty million pounds for urgent care in England, spread across fourteen projects.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWhat are the projects?

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentNew urgent care centres, a bigger ambulance fleet and upgrades to emergency departments.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentCooper says the NHS has been preparing for seasonal illness since July, and she says this winter will be more challenging after, quote, such a heavy summer.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSince July. I'd like to see the corridor's calendar.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe Royal College of Nursing welcomed the money as a short-term measure, but its Patricia Marquis called it, quote, just another sticking plaster on a system that is at breaking point.

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   Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI covered twenty years of briefings, Hank, and a plaster is never the part they lead with.