Nottinghamshire health service declares 'critical incident'

Health bosses in Nottinghamshire have declared a "critical incident" due to unprecedented pressure on services.
 

They said hospitals were seeing "significant levels" of Covid 19 and high numbers of patients with other conditions.

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire said there were extended waiting times to access beds within its hospitals.

As a result, some non-urgent operations, where patients need to stay in hospital, are being postponed.

NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire said: "We regret that it has been necessary to take this step, but it is important that we focus on patients needing urgent and emergency care as a priority.

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