Vaccines Minister Maggie Throup has insisted there are only two NHS hospitals that have declared an emergency due to staff shortages, arguing it was a local decision to "buy time to rejig things".

Her comments come after several hospitals in Lincolnshire declared a "critical incident" over "extreme and unprecedented" staff shortages. Report by Czubalam. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn