Ambulance crews have been told not to take children to an A&E unit because a lack of junior doctors makes it unsafe.
West Mids Ambulance Service has been warned not to take sick kids to Alexandra Hospital in Redditch.
An ambulance official said: “As a result, we will take all such patients, whatever their condition, to the nearest alternative A&E that has paediatric services.”
Dr Andrew Short of Worcs Acute Hospitals said: “The trust regrettably has to take the difficult decision to temporarily centralise in-patient paediatric beds.
In Kent, GPs have been told to use ambulances only when “clinically appropriate” as the service is struggling, Pulse magazine reported.
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