Wigan's Royal Albert Edward Infirmary declares critical incident

A hospital has declared a critical incident due "immense pressure" on its services.

The public has been asked not to attend A&E at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary in Wigan "unless you have a life or limb-threatening emergency". In a statement the hospital trust said A&E was full and it was working with partners to discharge patients who were ready to leave hospital.Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said it was"currently facing exceptionally high levels of occupancy, growing pressure on our services".

"As a result of this ongoing pressure, the trust has escalated its position to a critical incident, which means WWL can take additional action to maintain safe services for our patients and tackle this increasing pressure. "The safety of our patients and our staff is always our top priority and we are working through who needs our help as quickly and as safely as we can.The trust asked people to help ease pressures by collecting family and friends from hospital as soon as they are ready to be discharged and to visit NHS 111 online, contact a GP or a local pharmacy for advice if their condition was not life-threatening.

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