Do you really need to visit A and E?

The public are being asked to consider using other healthcare services rather than Accident and Emergency , as A&E departments are under pressure following a busy weekend and bank holiday Monday. Foluke Ajayi, Chief Operating Officer at University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, said: “We are currently experiencing increased pressure in both our A&E departments at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital, and we are calling on the public to again help us.