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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ian Jones

Ambulance handover delays in England climb to new high

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The proportion of patients arriving by ambulance at hospitals in England who are waiting at least 30 minutes to be handed over to A&E teams has reached a new high, figures show.

Some 21,432 delays of half an hour or longer were recorded across all hospital trusts last week.

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