All affected areas of the flood at Heartlands Hospital yesterday afternoon are now up and running except for Paediatric ED, which remains closed. Paediatric patients are being treated in other parts of the emergency department and a contingency plan is in place should there be an increase in demand.

Staff worked extremely hard to keep patients safe and to return services to back normal operations. No impact was had on patient care during the incident.

We would like to thank our neighbouring Trusts, West Midlands Ambulance Service, and West Midlands Fire Service for their support.