{"id":494586,"date":"2026-03-25T14:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494586\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:04:09","slug":"salisbury-hospital-warns-patients-as-it-is-very-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494586\/","title":{"rendered":"Salisbury Hospital warns patients as it is &#8216;very busy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salisburyjournal.co.uk\/topics\/salisbury-district-hospital\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Salisbury District Hospital<\/a> posted on Facebook on Tuesday, March 24, in a plea to only attend A&amp;E if you have a &#8216;life-threatening condition.&#8217;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A spokesperson for Salisbury Hospital said: &#8220;Our hospital is very busy. To help us care for those who need us most, we are asking that only patients with emergency or life-threatening conditions attend our Accident &amp; Emergency department.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;If your condition is not urgent, please consider one of these alternative services:\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Your local pharmacy can offer expert advice for many common conditions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Call the NHS 111 line for guidance if you\u2019re unsure which service is right for you.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Local Minor Injuries Unit in Andover for minor head injuries, facial and eye injuries, and fractures.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The Salisbury Walk In Centre is open 6.30 pm &#8211; 10 pm on weekdays and 8 am &#8211; 8 pm at weekends.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;You can book appointments through your usual routes at GP services.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Please be aware that longer waiting times are likely, as our teams prioritise patients who are most seriously unwell.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Thank you for your continued support and understanding.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salisbury District Hospital posted on Facebook on Tuesday, March 24, in a plea to only attend A&amp;E if&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-494586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}