WITH many people stuck at home and unable to get into work today due to the snow and icy roads, nurses have spent the night at Gloucestershire hospitals to ensure they can continue caring for their patients.

Many hospital staff have also been walking for hours in the freezing temperatures to make sure they can get in to cover their shifts.

Some Gloucestershire Royal Hospital staff have been walking from their homes in Quedgeley to make early shifts.

For others living further away, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire 4x4 Response have been providing lifts.

Their efforts have ensured that services at the county's main hospitals are running as close to normal.

Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General hospitals are both operating at almost normal capacity.

Doctors are also urging people to check on their neighbours with several people being treated for acute hypothermia.