"The Health and Social Care Partnership is making every effort to secure ongoing medical cover for the wards, with the safety of our patients being the overriding priority. "We have now been able to identify locum cover and arrangements are being finalised to ensure there is no disruption to services going forward.
A recruitment campaign for permanent medical staff also continues. "We would like to apologise for any uncertainty and concern that may have been caused and will make sure families and carers are kept fully informed of progress.".
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