A&E busier than ever during heatwave

By The Newsroom
Published 26th Jul 2018, 11:47 BST
Updated 26th Jul 2018, 12:49 BST
Royal Sussex County Hospital (Photograph: Eddie Mitchell)Royal Sussex County Hospital (Photograph: Eddie Mitchell)
Royal Sussex County Hospital (Photograph: Eddie Mitchell)
The trust running hospitals in Brighton and Haywards Heath said its emergency departments are '˜the busiest that they've ever been'.

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust said ‘extraordinary numbers of patients’ have been arriving during the hot weather.

The trust runs the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.

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The Royal Sussex Conty Hospital has seen an eight per cent rise in people attending A&E from the same period last year.

Royal Sussex County Hospital (Photograph: Eddie Mitchell)Royal Sussex County Hospital (Photograph: Eddie Mitchell)
Royal Sussex County Hospital (Photograph: Eddie Mitchell)

Pete Landstrom, chief opera