More than 200 patients waited over an hour in ambulances to be handed over to Nottinghamshire hospitals in the space of a week, figures have revealed. NHS data shows in the week up to January 8, 1,442 people arrived at A&Es by ambulance in the county.
A total of 210 of those arrivals had to wait over an hour to be handed over, with a further 241 waiting between 30 minutes to an hour. The statistics come as the NHS continues to face severe pressures
East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) workers spoke out about the stressful working conditions during a strike on Wednesday. One ambulance technician, Lance Allen, told Nottinghamshire Live he had waited 'six or seven hours' with a patient at Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham last week.
