NHS hospital forced to shut down A&E department due to staff shortages

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UK Independent:

An NHS hospital has been forced to stop running its A&E department, warning that staffing shortages meant it had no other safe option.

 

Chorley Hospital in Lancashire announced that the drastic measure would take effect from next week. The A&E will be temporarily downgraded to an urgent care centre, meaning it will close at night and will not be able to take the most seriously ill patients until further notice.

 

In a statement, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the hospital, said there “no other safe options for delivering care”.