EXTRA staff will be drafted into Warrington Hospital to cater for Creamfields.

But bosses have confirmed that they will not receive any extra money to pay for it.

An investigation by the Warrington Guardian has revealed that Warrington Hospital has been put on standby to help out with emergency planning for the bank holiday August weekend event.

Kath Holbourn, acting chief executive, said: "As a responsible health service organisation, we have increased our staffing levels for the duration of this event, simply because of the large number of people expected in the area.

"The trust has identified those departments which could experience an increased workload and we have asked extra staff to work over the bank holiday.

"This is a necessary and sensible precaution to ensure that we are sufficiently prepared and I would like to thank everyone at the trust who has agreed to work over the two days."

Ms Holbourn confirmed that the trust was not receiving any extra money to provide additional capacity.

She said some money may be recouped through the Payment by Results (PbR) system of funding for NHS treatment - where trusts are funded for the number of patients they treat.

The police will be paid by the organisers to provide cover during the weekend.