Last week, one in five ambulance patients in England waited more than an hour to be handed over to A&E teams. Shocking!
As many as 500 people could be dying each week because of delays to emergency care, a senior healthcare official has said.
Speaking to Times Radio, Dr Boyle said: “We went into this December with the worst-ever performance against our target and the highest-ever occupancy levels in hospital. In November, 37,837 patients waited more than 12 hours in A&E for a decision to be admitted to a hospital department, according to figures from NHS England.
Last week, one in five ambulance patients in England waited more than an hour to be handed over to A&E teams. He said there is likely to be a larger outbreak this year because immunity has dropped after isolation measures introduced to fight the Covid pandemic.
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