NHS Wales chief urges patients not to clog up A&E

People with minor injuries and illnesses have been urged not to clog up accident and emergency units in a bid to avoid another winter pressures crisis.

A Choose Well campaign has been launched by NHS Wales.

Chief executive Dr Andrew Goodall said 80% of patients who went to A&E did not need admission or follow-up treatment.

Pressures in Wales' busiest A&E units last winter led one senior nurse to compare them to a war zone.

Dr Goodall said: "The vast majority of medical conditions do not need emergency care."