A hospital boss has urged patients to stay away from an under-pressure Greater Manchester A&E this Easter weekend unless it's an 'emergency or life-threatening'.
Bolton Royal A&E consultant Damian Bates warned patients will face a wait of 'five or six hours' if they turn up at A&E with minor or non-urgent conditions.
Dr Bates' warning comes after NHS leaders said the health service is facing an Easter 'as bad as most winters'. Latest data shows record waits for planned surgery and in A&E, as staff plough through a backlog fuelled by Covid.
In a video message Dr Bates said: "We will see people in the order they need to be seen, so if you're not an emergency you will wait, and you will wait five or six hours sometimes.
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