Article 6TBEQ Ambulance handover delays in England may harm 1,000 patients a day

Ambulance handover delays in England may harm 1,000 patients a day

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Andrew Gregory Health editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6TBEQ)

Exclusive: 414,137 people believed to have experienced some level of harm in last year, Guardian analysis finds

More than 1,000 patients a day in England are suffering potential harm" because of ambulance handover delays, the Guardian can reveal.

In the last year, 414,137 patients are believed to have experienced some level of harm because they spent so long in the back of ambulances waiting to get into hospital. Of those, 44,409 - more than 850 a week - suffered severe potential harm", with delays causing permanent or long-term harm or death.

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