"Only attend if absolutely necessary": Hospital trust makes another desperate plea due to 'extremely busy' A&E department

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Members of the public were told to only attend A&E at a Greater Manchester hospital trust 'if absolutely necessary' on Wednesday night (January 10) amid another warning about mounting pressures on its services.

The accident and emergency department at the Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was said to be 'extremely busy' with people braced for potentially long waits.

People were told to only attend the emergency department in 'life-threatening emergencies' such as loss of consciousness, fits that are not stopping, chest pain, breathing difficulties, severe bleeding or burns, severe allergic reactions, a stroke or major trauma. Try MEN Premium now with our amazing New Year offer...

just click here to give it a go. A message shared by Dr Muhammed Saleem Nasir said the trust was experiencing a 'high demand' on emergency services and that 'many of the patients' in the emergency department could have been seen elsewhere, therefore prolonging the wait times even further. "We are doing all we can to help those patients presenting to us with serious illness, or life or limb-threatening injuries.