'Only attend if life-threatening': Hospital emergency department's urgent plea as demand climbs
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukSign up for the MyWigan newsletter for the biggest stories direct to your inbox Demand is so high at one emergency department that a hospital has issued an urgent plea for patients not to attend unless they have 'emergency' or 'life-threatening' condition.
The emergency department at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary is 'currently very busy', according to Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals Trust.
The demand follows weeks of warnings, from NHS staff and health leaders alike, of ‘unprecedented’ pressure at hospitals hit by staff shortages, a colossal spike in critical emergency calls, large numbers of children being admitted for urgent care amid ‘respiratory viruses’ and GPs facing growing demand as they remain under social
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