Latest: Medical expert says hospitals must install prefabs to counter overcrowding crisis

Latest: There is a call for prefabs or modular units for Hospital Emergency Departments to ease the overcrowding crisis.

Update - 1.43pm: There is a call for prefabs or modular units for Hospital Emergency Departments to ease the overcrowding crisis.

There were 649 patients on trolleys this morning, down from yesterday’s record high of 714.