‘Appalling’ waits for ambulances in England leaving lives at risk

Exclusive: Royal College of Emergency Medicine president says NHS is breaking its agreement to treat sickest in a timely way

For staff, this is heartbreaking': senior doctor's view on crisis
I feel so let down': long waits for ambulances in south-west

Lives are at risk because 999 callers face unacceptable and appalling waits for ambulances in England, the country's top emergency medicine doctor has said.

Dr Katherine Henderson, the president of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine, said pressure in the NHS was now so severe that it was breaking its basic agreement" with the public to treat the sickest in a timely way.