Sandwell hospital trust still under 'unprecedented' A&E pressures as 'critical incident' declared
A hospital trust continues to be under 'unprecedented' pressure this morning after a 'critical incident' was declared.
A 'critical incident' was declared by Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust yesterday due to pressure on A&E departments.
The trust issued the warning to staff on Tuesday citing "unprecedented" numbers of patients needing care.
A&E departments at City Hospital and Sandwell Hospital are both run by the trust.
The trust confirmed that 'unprecedented' pressures continued this morning and said it was closely monitoring the situation.
Its statement to staff yesterday said: "We are currently seeing immense pressure on our emergency services and have had to declare a critical incident at our trust due to unprecedented numbers of patients waiting in our A&E departments at each of our hospitals.
