The trust has a 'number of patients in the corridor' as some operations are cancelled
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, which runs the Queen's Medical Centre and Nottingham City Hospital, has declared a critical incidentA hospital trust has cancelled a number of operations and declared a "critical incident" due to A&E pressures.
"We regret that this will impact on patients who were due to receive planned care over the next few days and sincerely apologise to all those affected," he said. "Our staff are working tirelessly during a period of exceptional pressure on our hospitals and I want to thank them for their continued hard work and dedication to our patients."Royal College of Nursing members are walking out on 20 December and East Midlands Ambulance Service is striking on 21 December."We have got a number of patients in the corridor and that's far from ideal," he said.
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