NHS ambulance crisis sparks an 80% spike in serious safety incidents

NHS ambulance crisis sparks an 80% spike in serious safety incidents The NHS ambulance crisis has led to a surge in avoidable deaths and injuries — with response times for emergency call-outs at record highs.

Heart attack patients can now expect to wait an hour after a 999 call, which health bosses have blamed on record demand following the pandemic.

Serious safety incidents logged by ambulance trusts in England have skyrocketed 77 per cent in the last year compared to before the pandemic, official figures show. The Daily Mail

See also:

• Ambulance Quality Indicators Clinical Outcomes for December 2021 NHS England
• Ambulance wait times: Injured nine-year-old told ambulance would take hours to reach her BBC News
• Top emergency medic admits she would consider a TAXI to take ill family member to hospital The Daily Mail
• Ambulance response times ‘putting lives at risk’ as girl, 9, told to wait 10 hours The Independent