Lives are being put at risk because ambulances are taking up to 3 minutes longer on average to reach the most seriously ill patients than 3 years ago, according to Labour.Chaos at accident and emergency departments means ambulances are trapped in queues outside, which has a knock-on effect on the time it takes to deal with 999 calls, the party said. \r\nIt pointed to records published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre that show category ‘A ’ambulance callouts, which relate to life-threatening conditions such as heart attacks and strokes, are taking an average of 67 seconds longer than in 2011. |
