Ambulance services branded on brink of collapse

Ambulance services branded on brink of collapse Ambulance services are under intense pressure, with record numbers of callouts and the most urgent, category-one, calls last month.

BBC Two's Newsnight programme spent from 08:00 to 20:00 on Monday at six hospitals with the longest delays handing patients over from paramedics to accident and emergency staff. BBC News

See also:

• 34,000 patients harmed over ambulance delays in June The Independent
• ‘Chronic crisis situation’ as ambulance delays worsen amid record demand The Independent