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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas

NHS chiefs give hospitals deadline to stop ambulance delays

EPA

NHS hospitals with the longest waiting times for patients in the back of ambulances have been told they have a month to stop all delays, The Independent has learnt.

An internal briefing by NHS leaders in the Midlands, seen by The Independent, reveals 10 hospitals have been put on a “priority” list nationally and must “eliminate” all “ambulance handover delays” by 30 September

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