NHS winter crisis sees 7,000 more patients wait outside busy A&E units than last year Thousands more ambulance patients are facing long waits at busy A&E departments compared to the same time last year, NHS statistics have revealed.
Last week 16,254 people arriving by ambulance had to wait more than half an hour to be seen by A&E staff after arriving at a hospital in England.
This compared to 9,357 in the same week last winter – a 75 per cent jump. Hour-long waits were three times as high as last year. The Daily Mail
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Last week 16,254 people arriving by ambulance had to wait more than half an hour to be seen by A&E staff after arriving at a hospital in England.
This compared to 9,357 in the same week last winter – a 75 per cent jump. Hour-long waits were three times as high as last year. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Number of patients enduring long ambulance delays triples in a year The Daily Telegraph
- Mother died of cardiac arrest after waiting for ambulance for 6 hours in the street, say family The Daily Telegraph
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