{"id":620878,"date":"2025-12-08T21:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/620878\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T21:54:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:54:19","slug":"birmingham-hospitals-declare-critical-incident-as-admissions-soar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/620878\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham hospitals declare \u2018critical incident\u2019 as admissions soar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Critical incidents have been declared at Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals, following a surge in inpatients – many due to a flu outbreak requiring admissions\"AThe four University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust’s hospitals (clockwise from top left) Queen Elizabeth, Good Hope, Solihull and Heartlands<\/p>\n

A trust responsible for three hospitals in Birmingham and another in Solihull<\/a> has declared a \u2018critica; incident\u2019 this evening.<\/p>\n

University Hospitals Birmingham<\/a> NHS<\/a> Foundation trust has declared the incident after its hospitals have been suffering \u2018extreme pressures\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Trust which runs Queen Elizabeth Hospital<\/a> in Selly Oaks, Heartlands<\/a> in Bordesley, Good Hope Hospital<\/a> in Sutton ColdfIeld<\/a> and also Solihull Hospital<\/a> has said its sites are seeing \u2018significant and sustained\u2019 pressure as winter approached.<\/p>\n

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The Trust has declared the \u2018critical incident\u2019 in part due to an influx of flu patients.<\/p>\n

It says some 269 patients with flu have had to be admitted across its four sites.<\/p>\n

It has also introduced mask-wearing in all its clinical departments in a bid to stop the spread of flu.<\/p>\n

\"QueenQueen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham(Image: Google)<\/p>\n

Waiting times at A&Es were rocketing, with at the time of publication, the longest wait being at Heartland\u2019s A&E of 9 hours and 16 minutes. Good Hope\u2019s wait time was 7 hours 40 minutes, Solihull Hospital\u2019s at 5 hours 38 minutes and Queen Elizabeth Hospital\u2019s emergency department wait at 3 hours and 50 minutes.<\/p>\n

In posts on each of the four hospitals\u2019 social media channels, UHB has said: \u201cUrgent message for local patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cDue to the extreme pressures in our emergency department, demand for beds and numbers of patients with flu, we have declared a critical incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cPlease consider other services for any minor healthcare needs.<\/p>\n