Ambulance deaths DOUBLE in a year amid 999 frontline hell as crews strike
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Grim figures from NHS England reveal 93 people died being transferred from ambulances to services in 2021/22, up from 40 the year before< /p>
Ambulance staff are due out on Wednesday in a bitter dispute over pay (
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The number of patients who died while being taken to hospital by ambulance more than doubled in the past year.
Grim figures from NHS England reveal 93 people died on transfer from ambulances to services in 2021/22, up from 40 the previous year.
Incidents in which the patient suffered "serious harm" during transport, such as a lasting injury, tripled from 51 cases to 154 in one year.
And the total number of cases where a patient was injured on the way to hospital rose to 5,092, up from 3,866 in 2017/18, according to data released under freedom of speech laws. information.
Rachel Harrison, national secretary of the GMB union, which obtained the data, said it was 'a damning condemnation of the government's failure to properly fund the NHS'.
With more than 10,000 blue light workers set to strike on Wednesday, exhausted staff said understaffing and demand were causing emergency crews to struggle to respond to calls on time.
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PENNSYLVANIA)Ambulances are supposed to respond to the most urgent Category 1 calls – such as cardiac arrest – within seven minutes, but this has not been met nationwide since last April.
Last month, the average response time outside of London was 9 minutes and 26 seconds.
Emergency teams have a target of 18 minutes for Category 2 calls, such as heart attacks and strokes, but this has not been met since July 2020.
Last month, the average wait outside London was 48 minutes and eight seconds.
"The government is aware of this truly worrying situation, but they continue to underfund our NHS," Ms Harrison said.
"There is a recruitment and retention crisis in the NHS with 133,500 vacancies in England...
Exclusive:
Grim figures from NHS England reveal 93 people died being transferred from ambulances to services in 2021/22, up from 40 the year before< /p>
Ambulance staff are due out on Wednesday in a bitter dispute over pay (
Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto
The number of patients who died while being taken to hospital by ambulance more than doubled in the past year.
Grim figures from NHS England reveal 93 people died on transfer from ambulances to services in 2021/22, up from 40 the previous year.
Incidents in which the patient suffered "serious harm" during transport, such as a lasting injury, tripled from 51 cases to 154 in one year.
And the total number of cases where a patient was injured on the way to hospital rose to 5,092, up from 3,866 in 2017/18, according to data released under freedom of speech laws. information.
Rachel Harrison, national secretary of the GMB union, which obtained the data, said it was 'a damning condemnation of the government's failure to properly fund the NHS'.
With more than 10,000 blue light workers set to strike on Wednesday, exhausted staff said understaffing and demand were causing emergency crews to struggle to respond to calls on time.
Picture:
PENNSYLVANIA)Ambulances are supposed to respond to the most urgent Category 1 calls – such as cardiac arrest – within seven minutes, but this has not been met nationwide since last April.
Last month, the average response time outside of London was 9 minutes and 26 seconds.
Emergency teams have a target of 18 minutes for Category 2 calls, such as heart attacks and strokes, but this has not been met since July 2020.
Last month, the average wait outside London was 48 minutes and eight seconds.
"The government is aware of this truly worrying situation, but they continue to underfund our NHS," Ms Harrison said.
"There is a recruitment and retention crisis in the NHS with 133,500 vacancies in England...
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