A staff strike consisting of ambulance crews is planned for today in Cumbria in order to take a stand against the heavy workloads and light wages. The NorthWest Ambulance Service NHS Trust has received confirmation from Unison, Unite unions and GMB, that their members will all part take in national industrial action beginning Monday, November 24. … [Read more…]
Ambulances left queuing outside A&E for hours New research shows that around 300,000 ambulances were left queuing outside hospitals last year, with patients waiting to be seen in A&E. One patient waited for over eight hours. The figures, collected by Labour, show that despite the 15 minute nationally agreed standard, patients were kept waiting for … [Read more…]
Welsh ambulances fail to reach patients within eight minutes Latest figures have shown that Welsh ambulances have missed their target of reaching 65% of life-threatening incidents in eight minutes. The number of situations attended to in eight minutes for June was 53%, which is a drop from 54.1% seen in May and the 62.6% which … [Read more…]
