It comes after government scientific advisers warned that "high numbers of beds may be needed for respiratory patients".
The extra beds will include more temporary units at hospital sites and 2,500 "virtual ward spaces" with patients monitored at home. BBC News
See also:
- NHS sets out package of measures to boost capacity ahead of winter NH England
- NHS will send 2,500 patients to 'virtual wards' in in time for inevitable winter crisis The Daily Mail
- NHS to create thousands more beds and boost 999 staff numbers ahead of winter Evening Standard
- New targets to curb hours lost to ambulances waiting outside A&E in bid to cut winter pressures The Independent
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