NHS services hit with delays of up to six hours as paramedic warns of lengthy waits for ambulances this winter

NHS services hit with delays of up to six hours as paramedic warns of lengthy waits for ambulances this winter The UK is facing a "bleak" winter as health services have started seeing delays of up to six hours in admitting patients, a paramedic has warned.

Richard Webber, a paramedic and spokesman for the College of Paramedics, said the delays have resulted in increasing numbers of ambulances waiting outside hospitals, along with a backlog of 999 calls. Sky News

See also: 

• 'Trolley waits' in A&E hit record high as NHS crisis deepens The Daily Telegraph