Huddersfield Hospital on lockdown by police

Huddersfield Hospital on lockdown by police as staff tell patients to stay away due to ‘major incident’

• Huddersfield Hospital is set to remain shut until 7am tomorrow
• West Yorkshire Police have closed access to the site this morning
• Staff have called patients to tell them not to come for appointments
• People have been urged to call hospital with any urgent clinic queries

By Mark Duell for MailOnline

Published: 08:59 BST, 22 August 2018 | Updated: 09:13 BST, 22 August 2018

A hospital was today placed on lockdown by police as staff told patients to stay away due to a ‘major incident’.

The Huddersfield Hospital, part of BMI Healthcare, is set to remain shut until 7am tomorrow, with West Yorkshire Police having closed access to the site this morning.

Patients are said to have been called by staff, telling them not to come in for appointments – and people were urged to call in with any urgent clinic queries.

The Huddersfield Hospital, part of BMI Healthcare, is set to remain shut until 7am tomorrow

One patient told the Huddersfield Daily Examiner: ‘They rang at about 8am saying police had closed the hospital due to something going on. 

‘They wouldn’t say what. I was due to be in for 9am so it’s all very last minute. It’s not been re-arranged – they just said they’d be in touch.’

One witness told the newspaper that the area around the hospital was ‘crawling with police’ when she went past at 7.30am today.

A hospital spokesman said: ‘Due to a major incident, the Huddersfield BMI Hospital will be closed until 7am on Thursday August 23.

‘If you have an urgent clinical query, please call our switchboard on 07824 450975.’

West Yorkshire Police have been asked for comment.

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