Northampton A&E swamped by over 400 patients in 'busiest day ever' Northampton General Hospital A&E saw its "busiest day ever" this week with over 400 patients asking for help in a single day.
The hospital has been running at the highest level of escalation - OPEL 4, previously known as "black alert" - for most of the week, meaning the lack of free beds might send patients out of town for treatment.
The department also saw its second busiest day ever this week, but hospital officials say they were able to deal with the record numbers and managed to see four-out-of-five patients within four hours.
Northampton General Hospital A&E saw 402 patients on Monday and 355 on Tuesday. Northampton Chronicle and Echo
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