Hospitals told to stop ‘catastrophic’ ambulance delays as patients die in queues

Hospitals told to stop ‘catastrophic’ ambulance delays as patients die in queues Hospitals across England have been told to “immediately stop all delays” for ambulances stacking outside A&E units to handover patients as one ambulance trust today warned the problem had reached “catastrophic” levels.

The message from Mark Cubbon, NHS England’s chief operating officer, was sent to leaders on Tuesday night after it emerged a patient had died while waiting over an hour in the back of an ambulance outside Addenbrooke’s Hospital, in Cambridge. The Independent