Seriously ill patients are being kept in ambulances outside hospitals for hours so NHS trusts do not miss Government targets.Great moments in socialist medicine in England.
Thousands of people a year are having to wait outside accident and emergency departments because trusts will not let them in until they can treat them within four hours, in line with a Labour pledge.
The hold-ups mean ambulances are not available to answer fresh 999 calls.
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
A&E patients left in ambulances for up to FIVE hours 'so trusts can meet government targets'
The Daily Mail