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The Independent UK
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Jordana Seal

NHS Grampian ‘not accepting ambulance patients due to board critical incident’

Ambulance patients will be taken to hospitals outside of Grampian (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

One of the largest health boards in Scotland will no longer accept ambulance patients in its region.

NHS Grampian, which is responsible for around half a million people in north-east Scotland, has declared a board critical incident due to “sustained and continuing pressure” on Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.

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