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Daily Mirror
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Helena Vesty & Kit Roberts

Hospital issues warning as people turn up to A&E with verrucas and chapped lips

An NHS hospital in Manchester has warned its patients that they must use the right service for their condition as people arrived at A&E with minor conditions.

Among the conditions were a verruca and chapped lips, needless to say neither of which is an appropriate condition to go to A&E with.

Now, bosses at Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, which is responsible for the Royal Bolton Hospital, have warned people that they must only use A&E if it is an emergency, the Manchester Evening News reports.

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