Patients needing ambulances for life-threatening calls are often waiting longer than they should, latest NHS England figures show. The average response time was around eight and a half minutes in August - the target for urgent calls is seven minutes. Data also reveals the number waiting for routine operations rose to a record high of 5. The money has been allocated to help the health service respond to Covid, and to tackle the backlog caused by the pandemic.
Since it began, hospitals in England have treated more than , patients with coronavirus. MPs this week also voted for a longer term plan for a new tax to fund health and social care. NHS England figures show that waiting times for ambulances were slightly shorter, on average, in August than in July.
But they were still more than one minute longer than the seven-minute target for responding to the most urgent calls. These are for people who are struggling to breathe or have had a cardiac arrest. The average response time for an ambulance that can take a patient to hospital - rather than a paramedic coming by bike or car - for this category in August was close to the worst on record - 11 minutes 10 seconds. Have you experienced a long wait for an ambulance?
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We use cookies on our website. By continuing to browse our site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. Skip to content Home Health professionals Healthcare professional information Calling an ambulance — response times. Calling an ambulance — response times To ensure that your patient gets the most appropriate care it is important that the correct ambulance response is requested. It comes as the NHS faces unprecedented pressure because of the Covid pandemic. A paramedic working in London told BBC News he had encountered patients left waiting up to 12 hours for an ambulance in the last week.
One patient in London with a broken leg had to wait outside at night for six hours before an ambulance arrived to collect him, he said. On another occasion, paramedics were called to attend to a young man with Covid whose oxygen levels were "so low". He was given oxygen when they arrived - but that was eight hours after the ambulance was called.
Incidents such as these are "dangerous" and the service is "on its knees", the paramedic added. The figures also show that at one point on Monday this week more than patients were left waiting for an ambulance to arrive in London when none was available. Different statistics obtained by BBC News highlight the number of hours spent waiting to offload patients at hospitals half an hour after ambulances arrived at hospitals in the South East. South East Coast Ambulance service lost 7, hours queuing outside hospitals, an increase on 5, hours in Kent saw the greatest rise in this period.
One of its hospitals, Medway Maritime Hospital, saw a doubling in ambulance waiting times.
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