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Necessary. We need to stress that this is a developing situation. We have been told one person was seriously injured, but there are also a number of other injuries. Yunus mulla, thank you for that update live from the m 53 where that bus has overturned. We are getting a number of mps taking to twitter or releasing statements to say, that we find one from the education secretary Gillian Keegan who says i am extremely concerned by reports of a serious crash involving a school bus in merseyside the morning. We are in contact with the local authority to offer support and thank the Emergency Services who are working at the scene. In another statement from angela eagle, the labour mp for wallasey who has got in touch and says her thoughts are in with everyone and thoughts with the Emergency Services who are presently responding to the situation and one other from alison mcgivern, labour mp for wirral south who has also got in touch to say, thinking of everyone involved and desperately hoping for them. Please stay away from the area if you can, and that seems to be the message we are getting from police and Emergency Services, to stay away from that part of the m53 if you can, and a reminder that we are rolling live on the breaking story that a major Emergency Response operation is ongoing on merseyside after a Coach Carrying Schoolchildren overturned on a motorway. Police were called just after eight oclock on the m 53 in the wirral. Our Correspondent Nick Garnet is outside Alder Hey Hospital in liverpool where some of the injured are being taken to. We are being asked not to speculate and the public asked not to speculate and there are Young Children who could be involved here and families who are involved, but what we know . What is the hospital telling us so far . � ,. , what is the hospital telling us so far . ,. , what is the hospital telling us so far . ,. , far . Alder hey hospital is a specialist far . Alder hey hospital is a specialist childrens far . Alder hey hospital is a. Specialist Childrens Hospital far . Alder hey hospital is a specialist Childrens Hospital and can treat a range of injuries. They have been bringing people here since the accident happened and a number are being treated here. Families have also been arriving and hospitals have made special arrangements to help families and liaise with them and keep them in touch with what is happening on the accident and emergency unit is a little bit further round from where i am at the front of the hospital, behind me. And Everything Else in the hospital is running as normal but what they are asking is that if you have, because they are so busy, if you have a child who is slightly ill and you are thinking of possibly bringing them down to accident and emergency, to not do that unless its urgent that they are treated immediately because they have to prioritise as much support and care for those who are injured who might be being treated here. In terms of statements from the hospital they confirm they are treating the number of patients following the incident and we will continue to support and liaise with families directly. Our Emergency Department is currently extremely busy, and as i said, they are asking parents to only bring their children to the department if it is urgent. All other appointments and services at the hospital are running normally. This is a hospital on the outskirts of liverpool, four miles from livable city centre, probably about eight or nine miles from where the accident happened. The closest hospital to happen is arrow park in wirral and a statement from the hospital says the trust is dealing with the incident following the crash and clear plans in place and the trust declared a Major Incident and that has been stood up to manage the situation. The medical director at the University Teaching hospital says our thoughts are with those affected by the event, and we offer support to any casualties and relatives arriving at the hospital. The staff are professionally trained and prepared for such events and have established a Major Incident team to coordinate and manage the Emergency Response. Arrow park is mainly an adult hospital, so the children, the adults, may be, if there are any that have been taken to hospital there are going there and the children who need extra care are being brought to this specialist unit at ten one, but it means this is a busy hospital at The Best Of Times and even busy at the moment, and the message from the Hospital Staff is that if you do not need to bring your child into hospital and especially to the a e department, please dont do so today while they are carrying on treating patients because of what happened earlier this morning. You because of what happened earlier this morning because of what happened earlier this morning. You did give us a bit of an inside. This morning. You did give us a bit of an inside, but this morning. You did give us a bit of an inside, but what this morning. You did give us a bit of an inside, but what does this morning. You did give us a bit of an inside, but what does it this morning. 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And there are auxiliary staff to manage there are auxiliary staff to manage the flow of people coming in festival and they are immediately treated in the accident Emergency Rooms before being taken elsewhere and they will know exactly what type of injuries they would have been expecting that they would have been in immediate contact. These are well put in place plans for such an incident as this. The fact is that this is on the wirral, on the other side of the river mersey where this happened, so the ambulances will have to come through the river mersey itself, underneath, past livable Royal Hospital where more people will have been treated if need be and then brought to this unit Royal Liverpool hospital. This incredibly well known and well thought of Childrens Hospital is here where they will be treated for the injuries, and as i say, they know exactly what they were expecting and they are waiting to help any child who needs to be helped. 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Please avoid the area if you can. , now lets get more on this breaking story. We are rolling on the major Emergency Response operation on merseyside after a Coach Carrying Schoolchildren overturned on a motorway. Police were called just after eight oclock on the wirral this morning. If you want to carry on following this new story and you cannot watch television and then head to our website, to the bbc news website and we have a live page where we have Correspondence Reporting on all aspects of the story. The latest on there is that alder hey Childrens Hospital are treating a number of patients. It earlier declared a Major Incident. Whilst the number of casualties so far we know has not been made clear. The hospital has confirmed it is treating a number of patients. So lets get a recap on exactly what we know, as details are still coming in and this story still emerging and we are still finding out exactly what has happened and how many people have been injured. Lets cross to our newsroom. Letsjust have been injured. Lets cross to our newsroom. Lets just go through the facts. What we know so far. . We know the facts. What we know so far. . Know that two Grammar Schools have confirmed one of their buses was involved in the incident and we know that 50 people have been assessed at the scene and one female patient has been taken to hospital with major injuries. I do want to bring you a statement that has been released by the North West Ambulance service. They as well have declared a Major Incident like alder hey Childrens Hospital have and they say they have dispatched a large number of resources to the scene including ambulances, advanced paramedics a Hazardous Area Response team and an h ems doctor so what we are seeing is a major response by the Merseyside Community because of how serious this incident is. We are looking at these scenes, they are shocking. You are talking about a bus taking kids to school and thats going to cause a serious amount of concern and given what the hospital has said about the fact they are encouraging parents to only bring children who have immediate and urgent concerns, its clear that they are dealing with a serious incident and we also know that nhs staff at the picket line are going back to work, given the fact that the community is pulling back to work, given the fact that the community is putting together here to help all of those in need. And of course at the heart of this, it is children, pupils who were travelling to school between schools and we are not clear on where they are travelling and what the purpose of the trip was but it was early in the morning and there were dozens of children on board so what exactly are the school is telling us and parents at the moment . Are the school is telling us and parents at the moment . They are sa in parents at the moment . They are saying into parents at the moment . They are saying into statements parents at the moment . They are saying into statements that parents at the moment . They are saying into statements that they l parents at the moment . They are i saying into statements that they are supporting families and students who were involved and they have confirmed that their own students were involved in one of the buses was involved in the crash but its important to also repeat what the Merseyside Police commissioner has said and she insisted and asked people not to speculate on what exactly could have happened and who exactly could have happened and who exactly could have happened and who exactly could be involved until they confirm exactly what numbers are there and the reason is, as you said, children are involved and this could cause a lot of distress, especially when you are looking at a picture of an overturned bus and so many Emergency Services that are responding on the scene. 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They continue to say support is available and if you need to talk or seek guidance, contact the School Office and this seems to be a similar message from what hearing not from the schools, but police and mp5 hearing not from the schools, but police and mps in the local area. The local labour mp has said anyone involved or distressed by the incident or who needs any sort of assistance can contact the local Constituency Office because when it comes to an incident like this there are those who are involved in those who are injured orfacing major injuries and as we know that one female patient has had and these are very difficult images for the community to look at, so the impact of that distress, the questions that may arise in people wondering where the people they know are involved and there is a real need to know as well but right now given the seriousness of the potential injuries involved, that is why hospital like alder hey Childrens Hospital is urging parents who are concerned or who have had children that might have been involved in the accident to only bring their children if they require urgent care so they can focus their efforts on the children who need it most. This the children who need it most. As Ou The Children who need it most. As you have been talking we are looking at pictures that have come from a Helicopter Camera and i have to let you know these are not live pictures, these are pictures from earlier on but this is the overturned coach that was carrying schoolchildren from two different schools, and you can see around the coach there is a ladder towards the front of the coach and a number of pieces of Emergency Equipment are dotted around the road and this is quite disturbing, really, disturbing images of the bus would have overturned on a busy fast moving motorway and eyes can see the pictures earlier on from the Helicopter Camera and a fire engine isjust Helicopter Camera and a fire engine is just close to the bus as this huge operation is under way. And just as we are taking a look at these pictures, what we know about how many people have been injured. Have we had any numbers is coming to us yet. We do know one woman has suffered serious injuries. Do we know any more about the Young Children . . Mcrae of the hospital said they are treating a number of patients and are unable to give further details on individual patient so when it comes to how many children were involved in how many were injured, we dont have those numbers and thats why Merseyside Police has asked us not to speculate but we do know that 50 people were assessed at the scene and that one female patient was taken to hospital with major injuries, but of course, given the fact the hospital i said theyre treating a number of patients and theyve asked parents to only bring their child if its an urgent case, its clear its a very serious situation for the hospital and Emergency Services which is why and Emergency Services which is why a Major Incident has been declared. As youre talking we are looking at those pictures and the camera has panned away slightly from the bus, just to show how many vehicles, Emergency Vehicles have attended the scene. Dozens of people involved in this crash after this coach turned on its side this is a huge operation and this motorway has been closed both ways as Emergency Services deal with the situation. Has there been any information given to the local public as to what they can do and what they need to do to avoid the area. , ~ , , what they need to do to avoid the area. ,~ what they need to do to avoid the area. , ~ area. Yes, Merseyside Police has asked anyone area. Yes, Merseyside Police has asked anyone with area. Yes, Merseyside Police has asked anyone with any area. Yes, Merseyside Police has. Asked anyone with any information who potentially witness the incident or has Gillian Keegan<\/a> who says i am extremely concerned by reports of a serious crash involving a school bus in merseyside the morning. We are in contact with the local authority to offer support and thank the Emergency Services<\/a> who are working at the scene. In another statement from angela eagle, the labour mp for wallasey who has got in touch and says her thoughts are in with everyone and thoughts with the Emergency Services<\/a> who are presently responding to the situation and one other from alison mcgivern, labour mp for wirral south who has also got in touch to say, thinking of everyone involved and desperately hoping for them. Please stay away from the area if you can, and that seems to be the message we are getting from police and Emergency Services<\/a>, to stay away from that part of the m53 if you can, and a reminder that we are rolling live on the breaking story that a major Emergency Response<\/a> operation is ongoing on merseyside after a Coach Carrying Schoolchildren<\/a> overturned on a motorway. Police were called just after eight oclock on the m 53 in the wirral. Our Correspondent Nick Garnet<\/a> is outside Alder Hey Hospital<\/a> in liverpool where some of the injured are being taken to. We are being asked not to speculate and the public asked not to speculate and there are Young Children<\/a> who could be involved here and families who are involved, but what we know . What is the hospital telling us so far . \ufffd ,. , what is the hospital telling us so far . ,. , what is the hospital telling us so far . ,. , far . Alder hey hospital is a specialist far . Alder hey hospital is a specialist childrens far . Alder hey hospital is a. Specialist Childrens Hospital<\/a> far . Alder hey hospital is a specialist Childrens Hospital<\/a> and can treat a range of injuries. They have been bringing people here since the accident happened and a number are being treated here. Families have also been arriving and hospitals have made special arrangements to help families and liaise with them and keep them in touch with what is happening on the accident and emergency unit is a little bit further round from where i am at the front of the hospital, behind me. And Everything Else<\/a> in the hospital is running as normal but what they are asking is that if you have, because they are so busy, if you have a child who is slightly ill and you are thinking of possibly bringing them down to accident and emergency, to not do that unless its urgent that they are treated immediately because they have to prioritise as much support and care for those who are injured who might be being treated here. In terms of statements from the hospital they confirm they are treating the number of patients following the incident and we will continue to support and liaise with families directly. Our Emergency Department<\/a> is currently extremely busy, and as i said, they are asking parents to only bring their children to the department if it is urgent. All other appointments and services at the hospital are running normally. This is a hospital on the outskirts of liverpool, four miles from livable city centre, probably about eight or nine miles from where the accident happened. The closest hospital to happen is arrow park in wirral and a statement from the hospital says the trust is dealing with the incident following the crash and clear plans in place and the trust declared a Major Incident<\/a> and that has been stood up to manage the situation. The medical director at the University Teaching<\/a> hospital says our thoughts are with those affected by the event, and we offer support to any casualties and relatives arriving at the hospital. The staff are professionally trained and prepared for such events and have established a Major Incident<\/a> team to coordinate and manage the Emergency Response<\/a>. Arrow park is mainly an adult hospital, so the children, the adults, may be, if there are any that have been taken to hospital there are going there and the children who need extra care are being brought to this specialist unit at ten one, but it means this is a busy hospital at The Best Of Times<\/a> and even busy at the moment, and the message from the Hospital Staff<\/a> is that if you do not need to bring your child into hospital and especially to the a e department, please dont do so today while they are carrying on treating patients because of what happened earlier this morning. You because of what happened earlier this morning because of what happened earlier this morning. You did give us a bit of an inside. This morning. You did give us a bit of an inside, but this morning. You did give us a bit of an inside, but what this morning. You did give us a bit of an inside, but what does this morning. You did give us a bit of an inside, but what does it this morning. 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And there are auxiliary staff to manage there are auxiliary staff to manage the flow of people coming in festival and they are immediately treated in the accident Emergency Rooms<\/a> before being taken elsewhere and they will know exactly what type of injuries they would have been expecting that they would have been in immediate contact. These are well put in place plans for such an incident as this. The fact is that this is on the wirral, on the other side of the river mersey where this happened, so the ambulances will have to come through the river mersey itself, underneath, past livable Royal Hospital<\/a> where more people will have been treated if need be and then brought to this unit Royal Liverpool<\/a> hospital. This incredibly well known and well thought of Childrens Hospital<\/a> is here where they will be treated for the injuries, and as i say, they know exactly what they were expecting and they are waiting to help any child who needs to be helped. 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Please avoid the area if you can. , now lets get more on this breaking story. We are rolling on the major Emergency Response<\/a> operation on merseyside after a Coach Carrying Schoolchildren<\/a> overturned on a motorway. Police were called just after eight oclock on the wirral this morning. If you want to carry on following this new story and you cannot watch television and then head to our website, to the bbc news website and we have a live page where we have Correspondence Reporting<\/a> on all aspects of the story. The latest on there is that alder hey Childrens Hospital<\/a> are treating a number of patients. It earlier declared a Major Incident<\/a>. Whilst the number of casualties so far we know has not been made clear. The hospital has confirmed it is treating a number of patients. So lets get a recap on exactly what we know, as details are still coming in and this story still emerging and we are still finding out exactly what has happened and how many people have been injured. Lets cross to our newsroom. Letsjust have been injured. Lets cross to our newsroom. Lets just go through the facts. What we know so far. . We know the facts. What we know so far. . Know that two Grammar School<\/a>s have confirmed one of their buses was involved in the incident and we know that 50 people have been assessed at the scene and one female patient has been taken to hospital with major injuries. I do want to bring you a statement that has been released by the North West Ambulance<\/a> service. They as well have declared a Major Incident<\/a> like alder hey Childrens Hospital<\/a> have and they say they have dispatched a large number of resources to the scene including ambulances, advanced paramedics a Hazardous Area Response<\/a> team and an h ems doctor so what we are seeing is a major response by the Merseyside Community<\/a> because of how serious this incident is. We are looking at these scenes, they are shocking. You are talking about a bus taking kids to school and thats going to cause a serious amount of concern and given what the hospital has said about the fact they are encouraging parents to only bring children who have immediate and urgent concerns, its clear that they are dealing with a serious incident and we also know that nhs staff at the picket line are going back to work, given the fact that the community is pulling back to work, given the fact that the community is putting together here to help all of those in need. And of course at the heart of this, it is children, pupils who were travelling to school between schools and we are not clear on where they are travelling and what the purpose of the trip was but it was early in the morning and there were dozens of children on board so what exactly are the school is telling us and parents at the moment . Are the school is telling us and parents at the moment . They are sa in parents at the moment . They are saying into parents at the moment . They are saying into statements parents at the moment . They are saying into statements that parents at the moment . They are saying into statements that they l parents at the moment . They are i saying into statements that they are supporting families and students who were involved and they have confirmed that their own students were involved in one of the buses was involved in the crash but its important to also repeat what the Merseyside Police<\/a> commissioner has said and she insisted and asked people not to speculate on what exactly could have happened and who exactly could have happened and who exactly could have happened and who exactly could be involved until they confirm exactly what numbers are there and the reason is, as you said, children are involved and this could cause a lot of distress, especially when you are looking at a picture of an overturned bus and so many Emergency Services<\/a> that are responding on the scene. Im many Emergency Services<\/a> that are responding on the scene. Responding on the scene. Im ust lookin at responding on the scene. Im ust looking at a \ufb01 responding on the scene. 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The local labour mp has said anyone involved or distressed by the incident or who needs any sort of assistance can contact the local Constituency Office<\/a> because when it comes to an incident like this there are those who are involved in those who are injured orfacing major injuries and as we know that one female patient has had and these are very difficult images for the community to look at, so the impact of that distress, the questions that may arise in people wondering where the people they know are involved and there is a real need to know as well but right now given the seriousness of the potential injuries involved, that is why hospital like alder hey Childrens Hospital<\/a> is urging parents who are concerned or who have had children that might have been involved in the accident to only bring their children if they require urgent care so they can focus their efforts on the children who need it most. This the children who need it most. As Ou The Children<\/a> who need it most. As you have been talking we are looking at pictures that have come from a Helicopter Camera<\/a> and i have to let you know these are not live pictures, these are pictures from earlier on but this is the overturned coach that was carrying schoolchildren from two different schools, and you can see around the coach there is a ladder towards the front of the coach and a number of pieces of Emergency Equipment<\/a> are dotted around the road and this is quite disturbing, really, disturbing images of the bus would have overturned on a busy fast moving motorway and eyes can see the pictures earlier on from the Helicopter Camera<\/a> and a fire engine isjust Helicopter Camera<\/a> and a fire engine is just close to the bus as this huge operation is under way. And just as we are taking a look at these pictures, what we know about how many people have been injured. Have we had any numbers is coming to us yet. We do know one woman has suffered serious injuries. Do we know any more about the Young Children<\/a> . . Mcrae of the hospital said they are treating a number of patients and are unable to give further details on individual patient so when it comes to how many children were involved in how many were injured, we dont have those numbers and thats why Merseyside Police<\/a> has asked us not to speculate but we do know that 50 people were assessed at the scene and that one female patient was taken to hospital with major injuries, but of course, given the fact the hospital i said theyre treating a number of patients and theyve asked parents to only bring their child if its an urgent case, its clear its a very serious situation for the hospital and Emergency Services<\/a> which is why and Emergency Services<\/a> which is why a Major Incident<\/a> has been declared. As youre talking we are looking at those pictures and the camera has panned away slightly from the bus, just to show how many vehicles, Emergency Vehicles<\/a> have attended the scene. Dozens of people involved in this crash after this coach turned on its side this is a huge operation and this motorway has been closed both ways as Emergency Services<\/a> deal with the situation. Has there been any information given to the local public as to what they can do and what they need to do to avoid the area. , ~ , , what they need to do to avoid the area. ,~ what they need to do to avoid the area. , ~ area. Yes, Merseyside Police<\/a> has asked anyone area. Yes, Merseyside Police<\/a> has asked anyone with area. Yes, Merseyside Police<\/a> has asked anyone with any area. Yes, Merseyside Police<\/a> has. Asked anyone with any information who potentially witness the incident or has Dash Cam Footage<\/a> or access to any sort of cctv footage to send it to the police as they try to piece together what has happened and given how serious the responses, how many different types of Emergency Services<\/a> are at the scene, they have asked the public to avoid the area and just a reminder of how many different types of Emergency Services<\/a> involved, the North West Ambulance<\/a> service has said the resources include ambulances, advanced paramedics, Hazardous Area Response<\/a> teams and an a gms doctor, so given it is a Major Incident<\/a>, thats what theyve declared and they are throwing as many resources as they can art it to make sure anyone involved is safe and anyone who needs assistance or medical treatment get it as soon as possible. Treatment get it as soon as possible treatment get it as soon as possible. Treatment get it as soon as ossible. ~. , possible. 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A quite Small Community<\/a> here and weve been on the scene since around half past eight and the latest we have heard is that one female patient has been taken to hospital suffering major trauma related injuries and around 50 students, pupils, have been treated both at the scene and at local hospitals including alder hey in liverpool, over the waterfrom the wirral. And obviously our thoughts go to all the children and parents involved in what has been a very distressing morning for everyone involved. Very distressing morning for everyone involved. Very distressing morning for eve one involved. ,. , everyone involved. Have you managed to talk to anyone everyone involved. Have you managed to talk to anyone who everyone involved. Have you managed to talk to anyone who is everyone involved. Have you managed to talk to anyone who is from everyone involved. Have you managed to talk to anyone who is from the to talk to anyone who is from the local community who works in the school or has children at the school . What are the messages being sent to the community . School . What are the messages being sent to the community . Weve spoken to a coule sent to the community . Weve spoken to a counle of sent to the community . Weve spoken to a couple of parents to a couple of parents whose children have been involved and we spoke to one parent whose child was on a bus which was following the one that was involved in the action accident. Everyone is shaken up but the school is working hard with the Pastoral Care<\/a> and i think the children are being spoken to and treated very sensitively at the school at this time. We dont know, but we are hoping that the injuries to the majority of the children involved are not as serious as perhaps they could have been when you look at the pictures and we are hoping that is the case. 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They were really saying that the | children have been taken back to the two Grammar School<\/a>s and they are being spoken to and comforted i imagine they are saying that children are shaken up and its been a very distressing morning. We dont know any more about it injuries to the children but im sure as we are in contact with both of the schools im sure we will hear that in the coming hours. Im sure we will hear that in the coming hours im sure we will hear that in the coming hours. Families you were talkin coming hours. Families you were talking to. Coming hours. Families you were talking to. The coming hours. Families you were talking to, the parent coming hours. Families you were talking to, the parent you coming hours. Families you were talking to, the parent you were l talking to, the parent you were talking to, the parent you were talking to, the parent you were talking to, they were following the bus that you could see overturned on the motorway. Do we know where the bus was going from and to . We the motorway. Do we know where the bus was going from and to . Bus was going from and to . We dont at the moment bus was going from and to . We dont at the moment. We bus was going from and to . We dont at the moment. We know bus was going from and to . We dont at the moment. We know the bus was going from and to . We dontj at the moment. We know the schools involved in the accident happened at around the time you would expect children to be transported to schools so they do various pick ups around the wirral and its children from two schools involved and these would have been buses operating to take them to school and i think all over the country the same thing was happening, there would be buses taking children to school around that time which is why so many of us can empathise and sympathise with what those parents are going through. 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Weve seen alison mcgovern, another local mp, doing similar and angela eagle and Mick Whiteley<\/a> as well, so all of the wirral mps have got involved. Its that kind of community, really. We were contacted by a local councillor who was stuck in the queue close to where the accident happened and gave some updates, so i think people are rallying around and hopefully the children will get the help they need and, yes, we are that kind of community so im sure everyone will be thinking of those children and giving them the help they need in the coming days. Giving them the help they need in the cominu da s. G. , ~ the coming days. Jamie bowman, thank ou for the coming days. Jamie bowman, thank you forioining the coming days. Jamie bowman, thank you forioining us the coming days. Jamie bowman, thank You Forjoining<\/a> us on the coming days. Jamie bowman, thank You Forjoining<\/a> us on bbc the coming days. Jamie bowman, thank You Forjoining<\/a> us on bbc news You Forjoining<\/a> us on bbc news without insight into the local community and into that picture as this story evolves. A little earlier we heard from our Correspondent Nick Garnet<\/a>t who gave us an update from Alder Hey Hospital<\/a>. At the moment we dont know the number of children brought here. If} number of children brought here. 3 2 children were number of children brought here. Lj;2 children were on number of children brought here. Lj2 children were on the coach and a number have been brought in. The hospital says that the Emergency Department<\/a> is currently extremely busy and what they are asking is there anyone who has a sick child in there anyone who has a sick child in the area who may have been coming into hospital, if they can, delay the journey unless it is urgent and they need immediate treatment. They are asking people who may have come down here because they cant get an appointment elsewhere not to come down at the moment and not to come down at the moment and not to come down to leave the hospital as clear as it can so it can treat those who are injured. They are not expecting any more patients to be brought in to the hospital here. This is in effect the Third Hospital<\/a> out in terms of escalating rings from where the crash happened. The crash happened in wirral and the nearest hospital is arrowe park and in the next nearest is the Royal Liverpool<\/a> hospital and this one is further out from liverpool city centre, four miles from the city centre, but a specialist Childrens Hospital<\/a>. They have staff here who can treat children better than almost anywhere in the world and they are being brought here for that treatment. The hospital says we can confirm we are treating a number of patients and we will continue to liaise and support the families of those who have been injured but they are unable to share any more details at the moment. The hospital says it will continue to treat people for as long as possible and as long as needed. We know that nhs workers were striking in other hospitals and have been brought in and come involuntarily and ended their strike and have gone into work. By the time we arrived this morning there was nothing going on in terms of Ticket Action<\/a> so there is no Strike Action<\/a> here and we do not know if the doctors have gone in or if there was Strike Action<\/a> affecting this hospital at all, but we know that the hospital is treating patients as much as they possibly can and they are not giving any details out at the moment about the numbers involved but they dont expect any more of those who have been hurt at the scene to be coming here in the next couple of hours. Lets get more on this from my colleague. Lets get more on this from my colleague lets get more on this from my colleauue. ~ ,. ,. , colleague. Frankly, we heard earlier from jamie bowman colleague. Frankly, we heard earlier from jamie bowman about colleague. Frankly, we heard earlier from jamie bowman about the colleague. Frankly, we heard earlier from jamie bowman about the sort. Colleague. Frankly, we heard earlier. From jamie bowman about the sort of community that merseyside is and its very evident when you are looking at the response here that all Emergency Services<\/a> and local mps are pulling all Emergency Services<\/a> and local mps are putting together and we do know that nhs workers on the picket line in the wirral have left the picket line to get back to work, recognising how serious this incident is and when you look at the images of the overturned bus, knowing that the two Grammar School<\/a>s have confirmed one of the buses was involved, knowing alder hey Childrens Hospital<\/a> has confirmed its treating a number of patients and has said parents should only bring their child if it is an urgent case. It is clear its a time for the community to come together and Evenif The Community<\/a> to come together and even if you are not in merseyside, for you and i, looking at these images now on the screen, it is a shocking scene. Anything to do with children can be extremely distressing which is why the Merseyside Police<\/a> commissioner has specifically asked individuals not to speculate on who exactly could have been involved in a major injury here and all we know is the Emergency Services<\/a> have confirmed that one female patient has been taken to hospital with major injuries and that 50 people were assessed on the scene. Like injuries and that 50 people were assessed on the scene. Injuries and that 50 people were assessed on the scene. Like you say, the olice assessed on the scene. Like you say, the police are assessed on the scene. Like you say, the police are really assessed on the scene. Like you say, the police are really asking assessed on the scene. Like you say, the police are really asking people i the police are really asking people not to speculate as we look at those devastating pictures and you can see the Emergency Services<\/a> have left a lot of equipment out on the road, obviously very fast moving scene as Emergency Services<\/a> would have responded to dozens of pupils. When it comes to numbers and injuries, do we know much more about how severe the injuries are for the children we know that Arrowe Park Hospital<\/a> said they are treating a number of patients and they have declared a Major Incident<\/a> and that it is asking parents to only bring their child if it is an urgent case. It is an urgent case. Clearly they need a lot it is an urgent case. Clearly they need a lot of it is an urgent case. Clearly they need a lot of help it is an urgent case. Clearly they need a lot of help which it is an urgent case. Clearly they need a lot of help which is it is an urgent case. Clearly they need a lot of help which is why l it is an urgent case. Clearly they i need a lot of help which is why the nhs workers are going back to work and trying to respond. And we know that 50 people were assessed on the scene, and of course those numbers are distressing and in terms of how many children have actually been injured, we dont have those figures yet. But as we said all along, these updates are coming in regularly as the situation develops and the hospital right now is focused on treating those who need the urgent help. Treating those who need the urgent hel. ~ ,. ~ treating those who need the urgent hel. ~ ,. ,. , treating those who need the urgent hel. ~ ,. , treating those who need the urgent hel. Jj ~ j. ,. ,~ help. Thank you. We are Ust Taking A Look<\/a> at those help. Thank you. We are Ust Taking A Look<\/a> at those pictures help. Thank you. We are jUst Taking A Look<\/a> at those pictures of help. Thank you. We are jUst Taking A Look<\/a> at those pictures of that a look at those pictures of that overturned bus that was carrying schoolchildren from two different schools, Calday Grange<\/a> Grammar School<\/a> and west Kirby Grammar School<\/a>. We do understand families are being supported and a Major Incident<\/a> has been declared at alder hey Childrens Hospital<\/a> in liverpool. One female patient has major injuries. Today at one a School Coach Crash<\/a> on merseyside. Ambulance staff say they are dealing with 50 patients at the scene. The Coach Hit A Reservation<\/a> on the m53 motorway on the wirral. A Major Incident<\/a> has been declared. This is as close as we can get to the scene of this accident this morning involving a bus packed with schoolchildren. Well have the latest from the scene. Also on the programme this lunchtime. A 17 year old boy appears in a youth court charged with the murder of schoolgirl elianne andam, who was stabbed to death on wednesday. An nhs Hospital Trust<\/a> in nottingham fails to send out 400,000 letters and documents from senior doctors to gps and patients. And the organist who practises in the Royal Albert Hall<\/a> in the middle of the night becomes a tiktok sensation. And coming up on bbc news, its a dream start for europe at the ryder cup in rome","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia804706.us.archive.org\/21\/items\/BBCNEWS_20230929_113000_BBC_News_Now\/BBCNEWS_20230929_113000_BBC_News_Now.thumbs\/BBCNEWS_20230929_113000_BBC_News_Now_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240703T12:35:10+00:00"}