Watch: Patient speaks out over advice to Lincolnshire GPspublished at 17:27 British Summer Time 11 September 2017
Barbara Stimpson
BBC Radio Lincolnshire News
Restrictions on referring non-urgent cases to hospital consultants in a part of Lincolnshire are only temporary and a full service will be resumed as soon as possible, health bosses say.
Areas affected are cardiology, neurology, dermatology and ear, nose and throat.
GPs in the east of the county have been told only the most serious cases will be dealt with until pressure is lifted on the departments.
Heart patient Carol Wilkinson says she's frustrated she won't be seen by a doctor for more than a year: