Friday 5 January 2018

Ambulance A&E delays hit one in eight

Ambulance A&E delays hit one in eight More than one in eight patients rushed to hospital in an ambulance this winter has faced a delay of more than 30 minutes on arrival, BBC analysis shows.

Patients are meant to be handed over to staff within 15 minutes, but more than 75,000 have waited at least twice as long as that in England.

Some of the worst waits had lasted up to five hours, ambulance crews said.

Doctors warned the delays put patients at risk, as the prime minister apologised for problems in the NHS. BBC News

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