DUE to a power outage, a major incident has been declared at St Catherine's Health Centre in Birkenhead.

Wirral Community NHS Foundation Trust had asked that anyone with an appointment at the Health Centre not to attend.

Power has now been restored and normal service will resume tomorrow.

A spokeswoman for the trust told the Globe this evening: "The health centre remains closed to patients and visitors unless you have been advised otherwise directly by a specific service.

"Normal services will resume tomorrow.

"Thank you to our partners who responded and supported our efforts to minimise disruption for those people visiting our services today – Wirral Council, Wirral University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

"We apologise for any inconvenience."

If people require urgent adult social care support, please use the temporary number 666 3132.

For updates see: https://www.wirralct.nhs.uk/