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Health secretary Jeremy Hunt tells Today presenter John Humphrys hospitals in England haven't panicked over patient numbers after four trusts declared a 'major incident', meaning they requested extra support for demand in A&E services.

Figures due to be released by NHS England are expected to show A&E waiting times in England have fallen to their worst level for a decade over the October to December 2014 quarter.

Asked why there aren't enough emergency staff to deal with the rise in patient numbers, the health secretary responded: "The incentives aren't right...but the facts are in the Autumn Statement...we had extra resources available and we chose to back the NHS".

First broadcast Today programme 6 January 2015.