I'm sure that will be in next year's "infrastructure bill." Delays to ambulance handovers at A&E 'are costing lives' in scandal affecting up to 160,000 a year | Daily Mail Online
Shortages of staff and beds in the UK's National Health Service (NHS) Hospitals, and in particular in "Accident and Emergency Wards," what we call the ER, causes ambulances to queue up outside the hospitals, forcing patients to wait. They wait for hours in some cases. The chart to the right indicates how the wait to be seen in A&E wards has grown over time. And while the NHS is experiencing staff shortages, vaccine mandates are not expected untill next spring. These are just regular staff shortages.
A damning report revealed up to 160,000 patients each year may be affected due to the long periods waiting to be admitted. Of these, about 12,000 suffer 'severe harm', according to the document written by NHS ambulance bosses in England.
And since ambulances are stuck waiting outside of hospitals, it takes 55 minutes, on average, to get an ambulance to respond to an emergency call. Some people are waiting MUCH longer.
A 92-year-old diabetic spent nearly 14 hours lying on the floor covered in blood while waiting for an ambulance.
He had fallen.
But hey, it didn't cost him anything - except for his long-term medical issues from the fall.
People forget that just because you have health insurance, doesn't mean you will be able to find health care when you need it.
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