Yvette Cooper has announced almost £140 million for 14 urgent-care schemes as the NHS prepares for winter pressure.
The projects include new and upgraded urgent treatment centres, same-day emergency care, ambulance facilities, extra beds and improvements to emergency departments.
The largest allocation is £42.1 million for a comprehensive redesign of the accident and emergency department at Queen's Hospital in Romford. London-wide digital systems will receive £18.4 million over three years, while a replacement ambulance hub in Shrewsbury has been allocated £12 million.
Other funding includes £10 million for a new urgent treatment centre at James Paget University Hospital and £7.7 million over four years for digital coordination at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
A further 25 new or expanded urgent-care sites, which were announced in April, are expected to open or increase capacity for winter. They are separate from the 14 schemes covered by the new allocation.
Cooper said the health service had faced an unusually busy summer and needed additional frontline capacity. The government says almost £2 billion is being invested in urgent-care capital projects to 2030, alongside separate funding for NHS estate maintenance.
