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Ambulances Are Stacking Outside Hospitals
Long delays in ambulances has been repeatedly high lighted, but we've seen no action from government. We are seeing problems dischargin patients out of hospitals because social care has collapsed. Thee domiciliary care, home care services are really struggling. They can't recruit m the staff who eting better paid jobs in places like aldion amerson and things like that. And all of that leads to abun up system as there's literally no space to put the patients who are arriving by ambulance. So inevitably, ambulances are stacking outside hospitals, which means they can't respond to nine, nine, nine calls. It is just frightening if you're in that situation.
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