The officer was taken to hospital after he was knocked off his bike by a car on Sunday afternoon.
A police officer who was knocked off his bicycle by a car in Belfast waited more than two hours lying on a road before an ambulance arrived.The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service said it received a 999 call at 15:09 but “was unable to provide a response until 17:12".“This call was, based on clinical need, prioritised as a Category 2 call which normally requires an 18 minute response,” NIAS said.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland said the officer had been on patrol and in the cycle lane at the time of the collision. “It is a rather poor showing, I can’t understand how someone who was knocked down and had a dislocated shoulder was left lying on the ground. It just doesn’t make sense,” he said.
“The reasons it has not been possible to respond to all calls within these target times are the acknowledged fact that we have insufficient operational staff to meet the level of demand… and the impact of emergency department pressures being reflected in delayed handovers.”
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