The way things work at present, they're taken to their local District General Hospital accident and emergency department, where they're sometimes met at the door by a junior doctor with little experience of their condition.

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The alert was initially called on Tuesday due to the high volume of accident and emergency patients and general admissions.

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Accident and emergency units in Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General Hospitals are experiencing "exceptionally high demand", the NHS Trust has said.

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Derriford Hospital said there had been a high volume of accident and emergency patients and a "very high level" of general admissions.

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