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The number of patients having to wait in ambulances outside hospitals in England for more than an hour to be admitted has risen to around 11 000 a week, the highest since records began in 2010, it has been revealed, prompting fears that this is contributing to excess deaths.An analysis of NHS England data carried out by BBC News found that by late November thousands of ambulances were waiting this long every week-equivalent to about one in seven of all arrivals-because of overcrowding inside hospitals. This was despite the expectation that handover should take around 15 minutes. 1 Triggle N, Reed J. My mum's 40-hour wait to get to A&E with hip break. Dec 2022. BBC News. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63808516. 2 Ambulance waiting times FOI responses-by local area. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xQdG1KOZMZVZ-58Cu8xLRCeYx-ZLvebu0TIPYJ50r0Fw/edit#gid=1750620874.
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- Author
- Adrian O’Dowd
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Health Professions (Health Sciences)