NHS Trust declares 'major incident' after power outage
NHS Trust declares 'major incident' after power outage
SURREY AND SUSSEX HOSPITAL
An NHS Trust declared a "major incident" after experiencing an unexpected power interruption.
East Surrey Hospital was identified as the location facing the disruption.
The hospital closed its doors to new attendances to the Emergency Department earlier today.
However, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust confirmed the hospital is safe.
The NHS Trust is facing a major incident
PAGB News understands East Surrey Hospital re-opened just before 9pm.
Some non-urgent operations and treatments were cancelled following the incident.
Patients whose appointments were cancelled were also notified.
The public was advised not to visit East Surrey Hospital and to seek alternative care for urgent treatment either in minor injury units or Urgent Treatment centres.
Caterham MIU, Crawley UTC, Horsham MIU and East Grinstead MIU were all listed as alternative locations to receive treatment.
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A spokesperson for Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust said: "We are working closely with our system partners and are working to urgently resolve the unexpected power interruption at East Surrey Hospital.
"To support us, we are asking members of the public to use other local alternatives to ED – including alternative local Emergency Departments and nearby treatment centres at Crawley, Caterham Dene, Horsham and East Grinstead if your condition is not life-threatening."
A similar incident took place at Surrey East Hospital last month.
The Intensive Care and High Dependency Units at East Surrey suffered a power failure on February 19.
East Surrey Hospital's emergency department treats over 100,000 people every year
PAIt resulted in patients being removed and families were also contacted.
Essential services at the hospital remained open throughout but people had been advised to seek treatment at alternative centres.
East Surrey Hospital's emergency department treats over 100,000 people every year.
The Redhill hospital also delivers 5,000 babies and over 400,000 people have outpatient appointments with us.