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<\/p>\nThe critical incident has been stood down but pressures remain high – particularly in one area<\/p>\n
Pressure on services remains high(Image: Joe Giddens\/PA Wire)<\/p>\n
Pressures remain in one area of a Coventry hospital after a critical incident was declared this week.<\/p>\n
Bosses at University Hospitals Coventry<\/a> and Warwickshire<\/a> NHS<\/a> Trust declared a critical incident on Thursday after growing demand at the Coventry hospital emergency department.<\/p>\n It came as waiting times at A&E grew to an \u2018unacceptable\u2019 level.<\/p>\n Read more: Bizarre moment a huge horse’s HEAD discovered on Coventry industrial estate<\/a><\/p>\n Read more: The caf\u00e9 rated Coventry’s best for breakfast where people say ‘it’s like being welcomed into someone’s home’<\/a><\/p>\n But yesterday (Saturday 24), the critical incident was stood down<\/a> as pressures eased, although services remained \u2018busy\u2019.<\/p>\n Staff were praised for their \u2018outstanding\u2019 work during the critical incident.<\/p>\n This afternoon, (Sunday 25) the live A&E wait times show pressures continuing to ease – in every area apart from one.<\/p>\n Wait times at the children\u2019s emergency department in Coventry are still more than six hours at the time of writing.<\/p>\n The regular emergency department, also based at the Clifford Bridge Road site, is more than two hours.<\/p>\n