在夏季热浪给英国国家医疗服务体系（NHS）带来巨大压力后，卫生大臣警告称，NHS面临比正常情况更具挑战性的冬季。伊薇特·库珀已宣布向英格兰的急诊系统投资1.4亿英镑。
NHS faces more challenging winter than normal, health secretary warns Yvette Cooper has announced £140m investment in England's urgent care system, after summer heatwaves piled pressure on the NHS.
伊恩·艾克曼（Ian Aikman）报道：卫生大臣表示，在多次热浪导致英格兰经历有记录以来最忙碌的夏天之后，NHS正面临着比正常情况更具挑战性的冬季。
By Ian Aikman The NHS is facing a more challenging winter than normal, the health secretary has said, after multiple heatwaves led to its busiest summer on record in England.
伊薇特·库珀宣布提供1.4亿英镑资金，以提升急诊救治能力，作为应对流感和诺如病毒等季节性疾病影响努力的一部分。
Yvette Cooper announced £140m funding to boost urgent care capacity as part of an effort to deal with the impact of seasonal illnesses, including flu and norovirus.
这笔资金将用于英格兰各地的14个项目，包括新的急诊中心、救护车车队以及急诊科的升级改造。
The money will go towards 14 schemes across England, including new urgent care centres, ambulance fleets and upgrades to emergency departments.
影子内阁卫生大臣达米安·欣兹表示，政府需要采取行动，但要求政府解释这笔资金的来源。英国皇家护理学会（RCN）英格兰分部表示，这笔资金“只是又一块创可贴”。
Shadow health secretary Damian Hinds said the government needed to act, but asked it to explain where the money was coming from. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) England said the funding was "just another sticking plaster".
库珀表示：“经历了如此沉重的夏天，今年冬天的NHS将面临更大的挑战。
Cooper said: "Winter will be more challenging for our NHS this year, after such a heavy summer.
“这就是为什么我们一直在提前筹备，并投资增加急诊救治能力，以帮助患者获得所需的护理。”此前，NHS数据显示，6月至8月期间，英格兰有近730万民众前往急诊就医，创下了夏季历史最高纪录。
"That's why we have been preparing early and investing in extra urgent care capacity to help get patients the care they need." It comes after almost 7.3 million people attended A&E between June and August in England, according to NHS data, the highest ever figure for a summer period.
医疗智库“国王基金”警告称，进入冬季，该服务正面临“双重危机”，员工和系统在高峰期之间几乎没有时间恢复。
Health thinktank the King's Fund warned that the service was facing a "twin crisis" going into the winter, with little time between peak periods for staff and the system to recover.
NHS领导层敦促符合条件的民众接种流感疫苗，医学主任弗兰基·斯沃兹教授表示，已经出现影响医院的冬季压力的“不祥”迹象。
NHS leaders are urging eligible people to get flu vaccinations, with medical director Prof Frankie Swords saying there were "ominous" signs of winter pressure already affecting hospitals.
斯沃兹本月早些时候表示，前往急诊就医的流感及其他呼吸道病毒患者人数多于往年同期。
Swords said earlier this month there were more patients coming to A&E with flu and other respiratory viruses than usual for this time of year.
她补充说：“不幸的是，患者的等待时间仍然比我们希望的要长。”
"And unfortunately, people are still waiting longer than we would like them to," she added.
NHS执行董事埃玛·罗兰表示，今年冬天对医疗服务体系来说将是艰难的，但对急诊的投资将有助于更多患者“在正确的时间、正确的地点获得正确的护理”。
NHS executive director Emma Rowland said this winter would be tough for the health service, but the investment in urgent care would help more patients get "the right care on the right place, at the right time".
英国皇家护理学会英格兰分部执行董事帕特里夏·马奎斯表示，这笔额外的资金在短期内是受欢迎的，但最终“只是给一个处于崩溃边缘的系统贴上又一块创可贴”。
RCN England's executive director Patricia Marquis said the extra money was welcome in the short term but would ultimately provide "just another sticking plaster on a system that is at breaking point".
她说：“提供这些服务所需的护理人员在进入冬季时已经精疲力竭且人手短缺。”
"The nursing workforce needed to deliver these services goes into winter already running on empty and short of staff," she said.
最新数据显示，英格兰常规医院治疗的等待名单连续第二个月增加。
The waiting list for routine hospital treatment in England rose for the second month in a row, according to the latest data.
截至8月底，估计有737万项治疗等待开展，涉及624万名患者。
An estimated 7.37 million treatments were waiting to be carried out at the end of August, relating to 6.24 million patients.
这是自2025年10月以来的最高数字，并引发了人们对NHS是否能在2029年之前达成在18周内为92%的患者提供治疗这一政府目标的质疑。
These were the highest numbers since October 2025, and have raised questions as to whether the NHS will meet the government's target to treat 92% of patients within 18 weeks by 2029.