Long ambulance response times must not become the new normal

Responding to a Liberal Democrat analysis showing almost every area in England is missing the 18-minute ambulance response target Rory Deighton, Director of the NHS Confederation’s Acute Network, said: “Health leaders know that ambulance services are under a huge amount of pressure. Call handlers are receiving an increasing number of calls, including those that are life-threatening or an emergency, while ambulance teams and their colleagues in emergency departments are collaborating to address long handover delays at hospitals. We know that teams have struggled to get back on the road and respond to calls as quickly as they would like, which

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