A Merseyside hospital has pleaded for people to stay away during the Easter weekend.
Southport and Formby District Hospital, like many hospitals across the country, is currently under a lot of pressure, with the NHS Trust reminding people A&E should be for serious and urgent treatment. As the country prepares for a four day weekend, people are once again being asked to think before they make a trip to the hospital.
This week has seen two video messages posted to the hospital's Facebook page, one from the leading A&E doctor at the hospital Dr Mike Aisbitt, and another from Matron Jane Lawson. The message from Dr Aisbitt, posted on Tuesday, April 12, said: "Hello, my name is Mike Aisbitt and I'm the clinical director at the emergency department at Southport and Ormskirk.
