Stroke and heart attack patients wait more than a day for ambulances, new figures reveal
by The Independent
The Independent— Ambulances response targets for very urgent patients were missed in all but one area, figures reveal
dailym.ai—National Hell Service: NHS ambulance crews are missing key response time targets for heart attack and stroke patients in all but ONE area of England. Windsor and Maidenhead was the only one of 194 areas to meet the target for so-called 'Category 2' calls last year, with an average time of just over 16 minutes.
dailym.ai—Almost 100,000 elderly patients endure 12-hour waits on A&E trolleys, with one waiting five days to be admitted. At least 16 NHS trusts said patients faced waits of two days or more, with over-65s bearing the brunt of the delays. A FOI request also revealed a 25-fold increase in 12-hr trolley waits.
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