Health officials say a hospital's A&E department exceeded its capacity for three days.
Ambulances were turned away over three days this week after health bosses declared a critical internal incident.
In response, University Hospitals Bristol & Weston NHS Trust ordered a "divert" to other A&Es, a standard practice used as a last resort.Local Democracy Reporting Service "We had to declare a critical internal incident to try to manage the situation which persisted this morning with 25 people still in the ED , which is unusual after several days of diverting," he said."Like many hospitals across the country we are under sustained pressure in our emergency departments and we would like to apologise to any of our patients who have experienced a longer wait.
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