Blackpool Victoria Hospital says a doubling of staff sickness levels, worryingly long waits in the emergency department and problems with safely discharging patients were key reasons for declaring an emergency incident there this week.
The number of people with Covid in hospital on the Fylde coast continues to soar to record numbers - and operations will be cancelled, it emerged this afternoon.
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