More than 500 deaths in England last year after long ambulance wait

More than 500 deaths in England last year after long ambulance wait Exclusive: figure is more than double the comparable fatalities in 2021, in what a union calls a ‘hidden scandal’ of delays

More than 500 seriously ill patients died last year before they could get treatment in hospital after the ambulance they called for took up to 15 hours to reach them, an investigation by the Guardian reveals.

The fatalities included people who had had a stroke or heart attack or whose breathing had suddenly collapsed, or who had been involved in a road traffic collision. The Guardian

See also:

• Undercover Ambulance: NHS Chaos (documentary) Channel 4 Dispatches
• Britain's broken NHS, like you've never seen before The Daily Mail
• ‘What the hell is going on when you can’t get an ambulance?’ The Guardian