Croydon University Hospital reaches maximum bed capacity in first...

Croydon University Hospital reached maximum capacity three times in the first week of January due to winter pressures, latest bed occupancy figures reveal.The London Road hospital filled all of its 509 general and acute beds with patients, including extra beds made available for adults on a children's ward, on January 2, 3 and 4.Even on days when not all beds were taken, there were only a handful that were empty.READ MORE: A 'life-threatening' shortage of GPs in Croydon means doctors are seeing.