Thousands forced to wait outside swamped hospitals as cold spell hits Heaving A&E departments are forcing thousands of patients to wait for hours in ambulances outside hospitals as freezing conditions hit the UK.
Health chiefs were forced to apologise yesterday after spiraling waiting times in one hospital caused a queue of 20 ambulances unable to offload patients.
In London alone, the winter crisis means more than 6,000 patients each week are being left in the back of emergency vehicles because A&E departments are too busy to admit them, new figures reveal.
The crisis in hospitals means that ambulance services are then unable to respond to subsequent 999 calls. The Daily Telegraph
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Health chiefs were forced to apologise yesterday after spiraling waiting times in one hospital caused a queue of 20 ambulances unable to offload patients.
In London alone, the winter crisis means more than 6,000 patients each week are being left in the back of emergency vehicles because A&E departments are too busy to admit them, new figures reveal.
The crisis in hospitals means that ambulance services are then unable to respond to subsequent 999 calls. The Daily Telegraph
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