West Midlands ambulance handover delays described as deteriorating

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 28 Oct, 15:13 · Archive

Ambulance staff in the West Midlands are losing years of operational time waiting to offload patients outside hospitals.

Ambulance staff in the West Midlands are losing years of operational time as they wait to offload patients outside hospitals, according to reports. The handover delays at hospital entrances are described as deteriorating.

The issue means ambulances are unavailable to respond to other emergency calls while crews wait to transfer patients to hospital care. No figures or specific details about the scale of the problem are provided in the available reports.

How it is being reported

• West Midlands Ambulance hospital handover delays 'deteriorating'Ambulance staff are losing years of operational time as they wait to offload patients outside hospitalsExpress & Star · 28 Oct, 14:19
• West Midlands Ambulance hospital handover delays 'deteriorating'Ambulance staff are losing years of operational time as they wait to offload patients outside hospitalsBirmingham World · 28 Oct, 14:19

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