A woman who waited 13 hours in an ambulance outside a hospital as crew waited to hand her over to doctors says she backs NHS strikes and that staff "deserve more recognition". Kathleen Philipson needed hospital care after developing a fast heartbeat - but after arriving at 2:18pm was only transferred at 3:57am the following day.
“It was a very frightening time waiting in the ambulance,” she said. “But it had nothing to do with the strikes so just shows how bad things are.
“I’ve always been so proud of our NHS. The staff who were with me were doing the best they could but deserve more recognition.”
