A health boss of one of the UK's ambulance services has warned that the service will collapse by August. In a startling interview with a trade title, Mark Docherty, nursing director of West Midlands Ambulance Service, warned that ambulances will stop responding to 999 calls by August 17.
Mr Docherty told the Health Service Journal (HSJ) the number of people waiting in ambulances for 24 hours before hospital admissions is increasing. He also said serious incidents have quadrupled in the past year as delays affect resources.
In the interview, he expressed concerns over how NHS England and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) are handling the increasing desperate situation.
