Hospitals have been told to free up their beds over the next two weeks . Comes in attempt to avert an Easter bank holiday crisis for the NHS . GP surgeries have been ordered to open on Easter Sunday to take strain . NHS England fear A & E departments will struggle over the four-day break . Comment: Warnings come after hospitals suffered their worst performances ever over Christmas .
Hospitals have been told to free up their beds over the next two weeks . Comes in attempt to avert an Easter bank holiday crisis for the NHS . GP surgeries have been ordered to open on Easter Sunday to take strain . NHS England fear A & E departments will struggle over the four-day break . Staff numbers are expected to be low during the bank holiday weekend . Warnings come after hospitals suffered their worst performances ever over Christmas .