Ambulance delays
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It is a sad fact that ambulances in England are taking over 90 minutes, on average, to reach those patients who are experiencing the most serious of emergencies, such as...
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An inquest has begun into the death of a 20-year-old woman who died from sepsis following a routine appendix operation. Chloe Rideout first attended Derriford Hospital in Plymouth after she...
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An A&E department has been rated ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) after it was found to have significant delays in admitting and discharging patients, poor infection risk control...
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Last month there were record-long delays in A&E departments around England, new data has revealed. One in five patients requiring emergency care had to wait over the target four hours...
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Oliver Hall, six, of Halesworth, Suffolk, died from meningitis in October 2017 after ambulance control room staff failed to inform paramedics of crucial information which could have saved his life....
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Tony Lane, 54, died in extreme pain after his wife was told that an ambulance would take up to an hour to arrive as he was suffering from a stroke....
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