A&E waits and ambulance delays worst on record but waiting list falls, new NHS data reveals
The data comes a day after up to 25,000 ambulance workers walked out on strike in a dispute over pay. More strikes are scheduled, with nurses due to walk out next Wednesday and Thursday, and another ambulance strike the week after, on January 23.
He added: "As staff responded to record A&E attendances, 999 calls and emergency ambulance callouts as the 'twindemic' led to unprecedented levels of respiratory illness in hospital, they also continued to deliver for patients, with more people than ever before receiving diagnostic tests and cancer treatment.
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