Heart attack, stroke and sepsis patients wait more than TWO hours for ambulance
New figures revealed the startling delays for patients in the North West in December, as response times fell to the worst on record nationally.
Category three calls saw an average response time of five hours, 16 minutes, seven seconds in the north west - this category includes an urgent problem, such as an uncomplicated diabetic issue, which requires treatment and transport to an acute setting. One in 10 call-outs had to wait at least 12 hours, 52 minutes, 41 seconds.
For category two calls, such as suspected strokes, heart attacks, burns and epilepsy, ambulances took an average of one hour, 32 minutes and 54 seconds to respond. That is the longest on record and far above the target of 18 minutes. It comes a day after up to 25,000 ambulance workers walked out on strike in a pay row with the government. More NHS strikes are scheduled, with nurses due to walk out next Wednesday and Thursday, and another ambulance strike the week after on January 23.
“Meanwhile, the waiting list for planned hospital care remains stubbornly over seven million and cancer services are also under pressure, which underlines the challenge in meeting the Government’s latest pledge to reduce waiting lists by the end of 2023.” A record average of 14,069 hospital beds per day last week in England were occupied by people ready to be discharged. This is up from 12,809 the previous week and compares with 11,795 at this point last year.
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