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Avoid A&E unless necessary warn health chiefs

Hospital chiefs are urging people to use minor injury units instead of A&E departments unless seriously ill. It comes after Morriston and the Princess of Wales hospitals came under pressure over Christmas.

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NHS £40 million extra "is panic measure" say Tories

The Welsh Conservatives have described the extra £40 million to help with winter pressures on the NHS as a panic measure by the Welsh Government. They've contrasted today's announcement with how an extra £300 million was allocated in England last November, on top of £400 million previously announced.

This is a last minute panic measure after queues of ambulances outside hospitals and A&E nurses working in conditions that are more stressful than on the frontline in the Iraq War. The UK Government announced additional money months ago to allow the English NHS to plan for winter pressures, in contrast to this eleventh hour decision by Labour at the height of winter.

– Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar AM

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