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Nurse shortage forces NHS hospital to shut critical-care beds

Nurse shortage forces NHS hospital to shut critical-care beds

Decision taken at Norwich high dependency unit despite increased winter pressure

An NHS hospital in Norwich has had to close four beds in its high dependency unit because it does not have enough nurses to staff them.

Norfolk and Norwich university hospital (NNUH) decided on Monday to temporarily shut the beds in the Gissing ward of its critical care complex.

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