
Ambulances queue up outside the Accident and emergancy or A&E department of St Thomas' Hospital
(Picture: In Pictures via Getty Images)More than one in four ambulances are waiting outside London hospitals as they arrive with ill patients, new data reveals, as health leaders warned delays were causing “significant harm” to patients.
Nearly three in ten ambulances across England were left waiting in the past week, with ambulance chiefs warning the handover delays were leading to patients dying.