Health
Ambulance delays led to ‘secondary Covid victims’ – BBC News
Waiting times outside some hospitals increased over Christmas, with a knock-on effect for 999 call-outs
By Noel Titheradge & Dr Faye KirklandBBC News
Ambulances waiting outside busy hospitals over Christmas led to “secondary Covid victims”, the Royal College of Emergency Medicine has said.
Information requests show that the number of hours ambulances spent waiting to offload patients rose by 63% in London and 48% in the West Midlands.
BBC News has spoken to the wife of a man who died of a stroke, having waited three hours for an ambulance.
The NHS said capacity had been freed up despite increasing…
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