A critical incident has been declared at four Lincolnshire hospitals because of staff shortages due to COVID-19.
United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust said it was taking "additional steps to maintain services" at all its hospitals in Lincoln, Boston and Grantham.
The trust's medical director, Dr Colin Farquharson, said there were "significant staffing pressures due to absence related to COVID-19".
But he said essential services "remain fully open".
According to a leaked email seen by The Sunday Times, the trust declared a critical incident on Saturday night "due to extreme and unprecedented workforce shortages".
It issued an "urgent appeal" for clinical and non-clinical staff to offer extra time supporting colleagues "over the next 72 hours".
It also asked staff to "consider limiting social contacts with people outside of work".
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Source: BBC News, 3 January 2022
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