Ambulance hospital handover delays hit new high in England as one in six patients wait more than hour

Ambulance hospital handover delays hit new high in England as one in six patients wait more than hour One in six patients in England waited more than an hour to be passed to A&E teams last week as ambulance handover delays hit a new high.

A total of 25,182 handover delays of half an hour or longer were recorded across all hospital trusts last week, according to NHS England.

This was 34% of all arrivals by ambulance, up from 31% the previous week. Sky News