New patients to accident and emergency were being urged to go to Cannock Hospital instead.

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Cannock Chase District Council also said the proposal seemed unlikely, unless large funds could be secured.

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He said he believed some cats may have escaped and "bolted" into nearby Cannock Chase.

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