Hospital boss warns of '˜great pressure' at Portsmouth A&E in busiest weekend before Christmas
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Mark Cubbon posted on Twitter to praise staff for their efforts.
It comes as this weekend is set to be one of the busiest for emergency service in the run-up to Christmas.
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Hide AdPosting on Friday evening, Mr Cubbon said: ‘Our A+E has been under a great deal of pressure over the past 24hrs and remains challenged today.
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‘Thank you to all staff working today and this eve for pulling together across the hospital to reduce the impact on our patients.’
This week it was revealed the hospital’s A&E is falling well below government targets.
The figures showed 9,335 patients attended in November.