Overview
- University Hospital Southampton remains in a critical incident and city hospitals are reported full with emergency department waits of up to 12 hours.
- Clinical teams are prioritising life‑threatening cases and turning away people whose conditions can be treated elsewhere to free beds for the most urgent patients.
- South Central Ambulance Service stood down its major incident after mutual aid from other regions, with crews from Yorkshire Ambulance Service supporting local ambulance work.
- Hospitals are asking families to collect patients who are ready for discharge and offering volunteer help with transport and medicines to speed bed turnover.
- Authorities urge the public to keep 999 for life‑threatening emergencies and use 111 for less serious urgent advice while warning that aggression toward staff will not be tolerated.