Wes Streeting warned there is a "challenging winter" ahead for the NHS , as he condemned the use of a hospital coffee shop as an emergency ward. Patients at William Harvey Hospital in Ashford were treated in beds which had been moved to a cafe to cope with rising demand.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust has apologised, saying this "will not be allowed to happen again". The Health Secretary told the Commons the NHS is "already running hot ahead of winter", but the Government is "not complacent about that".

It comes as a new survey reveals almost three in five doctors cared for patients in temporary spaces like hospital corridors, offices and cupboards this summer. A poll by the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) suggests corridor care "has sadly become an everyday real

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