East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has formally stood down its first ever critical incident, which was announced partly due to widespread flooding. The organisation declared the incident on Monday evening as severe flooding hit the region.

East Midlands Ambulance Service said it has put out more ambulances than ever before but it has now been forced to ask for extra support

East Midlands Ambulance Service has declared a critical incident for the first time in its 26-year history. EMAS had to put out more ambulance resources yesterday than ever before. Due to an

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has declared its first ever critical incident after flooding hit the region. EMAS raised its resource escalation action plan to level four - the highest level that indicates a potential for failures in the service - in response to pressures on the NHS and ambulance services on 26 November.

The service remains at the highest level of the Resource Escalation Action Plan and has urged people to seek treatment elsewhere in non life-threatening scenarios

The East Midlands Ambulance Service declared this morning (Wednesday, January 8) there is no longer a critical incident. EMAS declared it was facing a critical incident on Monday (January 6) evening, after significant patient demand, pressure from local hospitals and also severe flooding across the region.

The BBC's Hugh Pym spent two days in A&E at Warwick Hospital where management declared a critical incident, with some staff describing the period as "one of the worst" they'd known. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust said it had experienced "some of the highest" attendances it had ever seen at the emergency department in the past week.

A health boss at a county's NHS that has declared a critical incident said its hospitals had been dealing with high demand for more than a month. The NHS in Northamptonshire said there was mounting pressure on health services,