The Urgent Treatment Centre at GWH will temporarily close overnight for the next few days due to overwhelming demand and staff shortage.
The UTC will be shut from 9pm to 7am every night from July 22 to July 29 as a result of more staff needing to isolate.
Staff have been working under pressure due to a growing number of patients attending the hospital with conditions such as heat-related illnesses.
A GWH spokesperson said: “This will ensure we have enough staff to safely care for you during our opening hours and also allow us to redeploy staff to the Emergency Department where it can get extremely busy during the night.
“Whilst our Emergency Department remains open for people with very serious or life-threatening conditions, we ask that you do not turn up to the Emergency Department as an alternative to the Urgent Treatment Centre.”
People have been asked to visit the NHS 111 website at 111.nhs.uk in the first instance for self-care advice and guidance.
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