A Scots health board has revealed three of its hospitals have run out of space as bosses rang the alarm bells and declared the highest level of risk.
People are being urged not to attend NHS Lanarkshire 's Accident and Emergency departments at University Hospitals Hairmyres, Monklands and Wishaw, unless their condition is life-threatening. All three hospitals are at maximum capacity, with patients waiting in A&E for beds.
The health board made the announcement on Wednesday and said it was “beyond critical occupancy levels across its three acute hospitals” because “relentless pressures, bed shortages and staff shortages due to annual leave, sickness absence and self-isolation”.
