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Long waits at A&E and a struggle to see a GP - what patients and staff are saying about Greater Manchester's busy hospitals

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Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Patients have spoken of long waits at A&E departments across Greater Manchester as pressure builds across the region’s hospitals.

One hospital chief executive has described an ‘extremely difficult’ night and morning at Wythenshawe Hospital over the weekend.

While a senior clinician said staffing has taken a hit as some medics have been forced to self-isolate either because their children have tested positive for Covid-19, or because they have been ‘pinged’ by the NHS Test and Trace app.

Manchester Evening News readers have also spoken of long wait times at A&E after patients at North Manchester Hospital claimed they faced a 13-hour wait to be seen.

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