Why are NHS hospitals declaring 'critical incidents'?
Update: 2025-01-08
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Ambulances outside Midland Metropolitan University Hospital, Smethwick. Patients have been urged to attend A&E alone as NHS hospitals grapple with high demand amid rising flu cases. Several NHS trusts have declared critical incidents due to "exceptionally high demands" in emergency departments, with a patient at one hospital forced to wait 50 hours to be admitted to a ward. Picture date: Wednesday January 8, 2025.
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