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'It's worrying us': Hospitals are 'rammed with children' as fearful emergency clinicians warn of summer surge in children's A&E

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Emergency clinicians reporting a summer surge in children attending A&E departments across Greater Manchester have warned they will need more beds to save young lives if it continues into winter.

Carole Gavin, vice president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and an A&E consultant in Greater Manchester, said the admissions to emergency departments in May were the second highest ever recorded.

And that pressure is mirrored in children's emergency departments, where some doctors are reporting admission rates comparable to 'the busiest days of pre-pandemic winters'. READ MORE: Ten-hour wait at Manchester A&E and patients queuing outside as hospitals struggle with ‘significant’ demand On Wednesday night, more than 200 children were

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