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ACUTE CARE: Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust may have to further restrict accident and emergency opening hours at Stafford Hospital due to a shortage of nurses, it has emerged.
Chief executive Maggie Oldham delivered a slide show presentation at the trust's senior management team meeting last week which said "further restrictions on A&E opening times cannot be discounted".
The changes may be necessary because "regular demand for beds is greater than sustainable supply", her presentation explained.
The department has closed overnight between 10pm and 8am since December 2011 after the trust...