Wait times for emergency care have improved at Stepping Hill Hospital.

Same-day urgent care and ambulance handover have improved, with the hospital's new urgent treatment centre credited with the upswing.

The new urgent treatment centre, located next to Stepping Hill Hospital's main emergency department, features expanded rooms and facilities to help reduce pressure on emergency services.

It has increased assessment capacity for new patients thanks to a suite of new consultation rooms, which in turn has helped with improved patient flow, reducing avoidable emergency department pressure.

Karen James OBE, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Chief Executive said; "Demand for emergency and urgent care in Stockport and the High Peak continues to increase, but we are responding well to this growing need with the enhanced facilities on our hospital site.

"Our new urgent treatment centre is helping us to further improve our capacity and provide people with the urgent care they need."