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image captionNewcastle has been taking patients from other hospitals in the North East and further afield
Hospitals in Newcastle could stop taking Covid patients from elsewhere in England due to pressure on local services, a health chief has said.
Dame Jackie Daniel told a meeting of city leaders two patients per day had been brought in from elsewhere in the UK for about a week and a half.
She said capacity was being monitored and pressure on hospitals was rising.
City council leader Nick Forbes said it was not in the culture of Newcastle or the NHS to turn people away.