Health service pressures sees St John Ambulance volunteers called in and an appeal on social media for off-duty staff to work - @SMG_CEM_NI and @doloreskelly react

Just before Christmas on this programme health chiefs warned us about the pressures being faced by hospital emergency departments over the festive period. And those warnings have turned into a grim reality for patients and staff as casualty units appear to be almost overwhelmed. The latest figures - confirmed by the Health and Social Care Board just after 7am this morning - show that the longest wait is at Craigavon Hospital - 495 minutes, that's just over 8 hours. The situation is so bad at Antrim Area Hospital that volunteers from St John's Ambulance were drafted in to help relieve pressures. And the South Eastern Trust - which runs the Ulster Hospital - has taken to social media to appeal to its off duty staff to come into work. Vinny spoke to ED consultant Sean McGovern from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine and Dolores Kelly, SDLP MLA for Upper Bann.