Fears of a winter beds crisis at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital intensified with news that the county's main hospital was already full this week.
An appeal went out to GPs across Oxfordshire, urging them not to send patients to the JR or Banbury's Horton Hospital to help ease the pressure.
The Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust remained insistent that its decision to close 180 beds, to help make savings of £33m, would not result in patients being turned away.
But two emails obtained by the Oxford Mail paint a worrying picture of the hospitals entering winter with "minimal capacity" as they prepare for big rises in patient numbers.
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