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Four Birmingham hospitals which declared a critical incident after a huge rise of 'superflu' cases have stood down the alert.

University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the Queen Elizabeth, Good Hope , Heartlands and Solihull hospitals, each had critical incidents in place on Monday, December 8.

Each of its overcrowded A&E departments had faced huge demand due to extreme winter pressures amid the high amount of flu patients. But UHB withdrew the critical incident declaration last night, Thursday, December 11.

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