THE ambulance service has announced a move from its critical status, but warns that pressure will continue for the next few days.
The service is now at "business continuity" status.
"The pressure we have been facing has eased but not gone away and we are expecting the next few days to remain very challenging," the service tweeted.
This will be due to soaring temperatures and the pressures that led to an incident being declared.
University Hospital Southampton is also experiencing "a record high number of visitors".
Our Emergency Department is currently experiencing a record high number of visitors.
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On Monday, South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) announced a critical incident due to mounting pressure.
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The service said that this was due to rising 999 calls, busy hospitals, another rise in Covid infections, as well as the hot weather.
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— South Central Ambulance Service (@SCAS999) July 14, 2022
Earlier this morning we moved from our ‘critical incident’ status to an internal ‘business continuity’ status. The pressure we have been facing has eased but not gone away and we are expecting the next few days to remain very challenging due to high levels of demand... pic.twitter.com/ALQ7p6cRf8
SCAS praised the work of its staff, and advised patients to avoid calling 999 unless for "life-threatening or serious emergencies".
The public is urged to contact NHS 111Â for urgent medical problems, or use local urgent treatment centres, GPs and pharmacies.
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