Lives at risk from 'unacceptable' ambulance waits

Lives at risk from 'unacceptable' ambulance waits Lives are at risk because patients are facing unacceptably long waits for a 999 response, paramedics across the UK have told a BBC investigation.

Average waits for emergency callouts for problems such as heart attacks and strokes are taking more than twice as long as they should in England.

Targets are being missed in the rest of UK too, with some seriously-ill waiting up to nine hours for an ambulance. BBC News 

See also:

• Patients lives 'at risk' from record ambulance waits, warns College of Paramedics The Daily Telegraph