Ambulance waiting times AN EMERGENCY?

While many of us move on from the pandemic, restriction-free and without having to wear masks, the NHS is still living through the horror.

Backdated referrals, long-awaited operations, upwards of 13,000 people still being hospitalised each week with COVID-19*, as well as almost 14,000 nurses leaving the profession in 2021 alone.

Our emergency services were struggling even before the pandemic – and now they’re at crisis point.

Staff shortages coupled with increased demand has seen ambulance waiting times skyrocket, and lives are being put at risk as a result.

Now, volunteers are even being recruited to drive patients to A&E. But even after arriving at hospital, many patients are waiting in ambulances for hours due