Ambulance wait times endangering patients, doctors say

Doctors and paramedics have told the BBC that long waits for ambulances across the UK are having a “dangerous impact” on patient safety.

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BBC analysis found a 77% rise in the most serious safety incidents logged by paramedics in England over the past year, compared to before the pandemic.

In Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the 999 system is also under “tremendous pressure”, doctors say.

NHS England said the safety of patients is its “absolute priority”.

‘Help should have been there’
In October, nine-year-old Willow Clark fell off her bike on a country path in Hertfordshire, cracking her helmet and leaving her with a fractured skull and a nine-inch laceration across her leg.

“I could see it was a really bad accident and I was 20 minutes away from home screaming for help,” said her mother Sam. “These really nice people who were passing by phoned 999.

“They explained she had a severe head injury and her leg was badly hurt but we were told it would be a 10-hour wait for an ambulance and we’d have to get her to hospital ourselves.”

Sam’s husband had to drive through a farmer’s field to pick up his daughter.

When they got to A&E, Willow was immediately transferred to the trauma department. Doctors told her family that she should not have been moved because of her back and neck injuries.