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Wythenshawe Hospital A&E temporarily closed to child emergency admissions - ambulances will be diverted to Royal Manchester Children's Hospital and inpatients transferred

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The A&E department at Wythenshawe Hospital has temporarily closed to all child emergency admissions. Ambulances are now being routinely diverted to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital - and the public are being asked not to take children to Wythenshawe's emergency department.

In a letter being shared on social media, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust said the closure for paediatric emergencies was 'a necessary step to ensure the Wythenshawe Hospital capacity continues to meet additional demands for adult Covid-19 patients'.

Children at the Starlight Unit at Wythenshawe - a paediatric inpatient ward - are also being transferred to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, or being discharged by 8am today - Tuesday, according to

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