You'll have to BOOK an A&E appointment this winter: NHS told plans for patients to 'call first'

You'll have to BOOK an A&E appointment this winter: NHS told plans for patients to 'call first' Patients will be asked to book an A&E appointment by calling 111 this winter, NHS bosses have been told.

The plans, revealed in a board meeting for NHS England and NHS Improvement yesterday, are set to be put in place before December.

But hospitals will not turn away patients who turn up without calling ahead of their visit, it was claimed. The Daily Mail