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Doctors will be stationed at A&E doors to turn away less serious patients as overcrowding hits boiling point

Hospitals have been told to divert patients from casualty units as Christmas approaches

DOCTORS and nurses will be stationed at A&E department doors to turn away less serious patients during record overcrowding, it is revealed today.

Hospitals have been told to divert patients from casualty units as Christmas approaches.

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Hospitals told to turn away patients as Christmas nearsCredit: Alamy

At least 14 have already set up schemes to prioritise the sickest.

NHS England has ordered dozens more struggling sites to take similar steps in a matter of days.

Most operations have already been suspended for a month to reduce bed blocking.

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Hospitals were given a deadline of today to cut occupancy from 95 per cent to 85 per cent.

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