{"id":621574,"date":"2026-06-04T23:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621574\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T23:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:06:10","slug":"salisbury-district-hospital-warns-patients-over-busy-ae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621574\/","title":{"rendered":"Salisbury District Hospital warns patients over busy A&#038;E"},"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>\u2019s Emergency Department is currently facing high demand, leading to longer waiting times as staff prioritise the most seriously ill patients.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A post on Facebook reads: &#8220;Our Emergency Department is currently very busy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;You may experience longer waiting times as our teams prioritise patients who are most seriously unwell.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Thank you for your patience and understanding while our teams work hard to care for everyone who needs us.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Hospital teams are asking the public to consider alternative services for non-urgent health concerns.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Options include calling NHS 111 for advice, visiting a pharmacy, using the Salisbury Walk In Centre, or accessing the Minor Injuries Unit in Andover.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Salisbury Walk In Centre is open from 6.30pm to 10pm on weekdays and from 8am to 8pm at weekends.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  People are also reminded to continue booking appointments through their GP practices for less urgent health needs.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Salisbury Hospital (Image: Newsquest)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salisburyjournal.co.uk\/topics\/salisbury-nhs-foundation-trust\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust<\/a> is encouraging people to practise good hygiene, stay home when unwell, and check on vulnerable neighbours and relatives.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The trust said that hand washing, covering coughs and sneezes, and staying home if you have symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting, flu, Covid-19, or other respiratory illnesses can help reduce the spread of infection.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The trust said: &#8220;Look out for others.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Check in on older neighbours, friends, and relatives especially if they live alone or have long-term conditions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Small acts of care can make a big difference.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Further advice on how to choose the right healthcare service is available on the Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salisbury District Hospital\u2019s Emergency Department is currently facing high demand, leading to longer waiting times as staff prioritise&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-621574","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\/621574","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=621574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621574\/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=621574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}