Paramedics England Patients are monitored to die in the back of the ambulances due to the delay outside the emergency departments, according to a survey of complete harmony.
Patient networks in some country’s hospitals led to queues of 20 ambulances outside the losses of losses in certain areas. In a number of cases, the crews were forced to wait more than 12 hours before the patients were delivered.
Explanation of approximately 600 ambulance workers reveals waiting losses on patients and teams that take care of them. harmony It warns that “car parking” has increased is the base, as the hospital’s medical staff tends to patients at the back of the ambulances.
More than three quarters (77 %) of paramedics and emergency medical technicians said they should take care of people in the back of the ambulances last year while holding outside the emergency departments. Wait a third of the two -thirds (68 %) in hospital corridors, or in other locations, where one paramedic often sponsors many patients to allow colleagues to respond to other calls.
More than two -thirds reported the health of deteriorating patients during the long waiting, and one in every 20 (5 %) said that people died in their care due to the long delay in confession.
The goal of the ambulance sets to Delivery of patients to emergency departments 15 minutesWith no delivery means that it takes more than half an hour.
He waited for a survey of 588 employees in February and March appears about one in seven of the respondents (16 %) outside the emergency departments for 12 hours or more. Half (53 %) saw at least longer delays than six hours.
Javin Taylor, 58, who is a clogged representative and an ambulance worker in the northwest of England, said he has now happened to wait several hours to hand over a patient. He said: “It is a tragic thing because we are here as a career and delay has an impact on the care and welfare of patients.”
The results of the survey are issued at a time when health workers in Liverpool gather at the Federation’s annual health conference, which starts on Monday.
One of the respondents said to the survey: [those classified as life-threatening and needing immediate intervention] Knowing that none of us lined up in the hospital can help due to delaying his delivery, it is sad and founded. Another said: “The spending of a queue in the waiting list for 12 hours outside the hospital is the destruction of the soul.”
In total, ambulances spent more than 1.5 million hours – equivalent to 62,500 days – stuck outside the A& ES pending the cancellation of patients’ download in the year to November 2024, a Guardian The investigation was found in January.
Last year, 414,137 patients were believed to have suffered from a level of harm because they had spent a long time at the back of the ambulance while waiting to enter the hospital. Among these, 44,409-more than 850 a week-suffered from “severe possible damage”, with a delay causing permanent or long-term damage.
“Ambulance workers want the best for their patients. This means reaching them quickly, providing immediate care and taking them [A&E] For more treatment when necessary.
“But this is no longer the reality.
“Click on NHS Not sustainable. Immediate work is necessary to treat increased demand and ensure patients get care in time they need and deserve. “
A NHS spokesman said: “NHS faces great pressure through A& E services, ambulance services and hospital wings, and we are aware of the impact on patients and employees – we are working closely with government and local services to improve the patient’s results and support the front of the front of the front.
“Planning instructions for this year require local NHS systems to work in partnership with ambulance services, hospital and community settings to ensure 45 minutes, which reflects our commitment to improving the flow and reducing delay throughout the country.”
to divide health “We inherited NHS broken, with people who are waiting for a very long time for urgent treatment. Long ambulance delivery delays are completely unacceptable, which is why we mainly suit health service through our change plan,” said social welfare spokesman.
“This includes converting services from hospital to society to ensure that patients can access the correct treatment near the house, in addition to employing an additional 1000 GPS to access patients early. This will lead to the editing of our ambulance services and A& E departments and help reduce waiting times for those who need urgent care.”
