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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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
See also:
- NHS ambulance A&E delays: Stroke patient's hospital wait filmed BBC News
- Record numbers call NHS 111 over festive period BBC News
- Theresa May sorry for NHS difficulties BBC News
- Twelve NHS hospital trusts report 100% bed occupancy rates The Daily Mail
- Long ambulance waits double in a week as NHS winter crisis bites The Daily Telegraph
- 16,900 people in a week kept in NHS ambulances waiting for hospital care The Guardian
- Q&A: Why is the NHS under the most intense pressure in decades? The Guardian
- Theresa May changes tack to apologise for postponed operations The Guardian
- Hospital on Theresa May's doorstep used St John Ambulance volunteers in emergency department The Independent
- I'm an NHS consultant and I can tell you exactly what caused this winter crisis The Independent
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