75,000 patients stuck in ambulances as winter at A&E starts to bite Hospitals forced to divert patients, while 11 trusts report bed occupancy of 99% or more
More than 75,000 patients have had to spend at least half an hour this winter with ambulance crews waiting to be treated by A&E staff as the NHS has come under extra pressure.
As the first prolonged cold spell of the winter caused problems last week, 13 hospital trusts were forced to temporarily send patients to other nearby NHS trusts 35 times. The Guardian
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