surgery and cancer patients, as well as those in a&e in england will be released later today, amid rising omicron cases and staff sickness. our health correspondent dominic hughes has been to warrington hospital to find out how staff there are coping. he did say there was a space in ge a while ago. in the emergency department at warrington hospital, staff are having to manage competing pressures. the omicron wave is sweeping across north west england, with a fast growing number of covid patients. we are running on escalation numbers every dayjust to ensure that we are safe. staff are falling sick. ..and all this while non covid patients also need urgent care. it s almost a perfect winter storm. in the northwest, we re under significant pressure at the moment. we ve seen those numbers double and, across the region, our numbers of covid inpatients are almost as high as they were in previous waves. now, we re also dealing with our usual winter pressures and the need to catch up with all t