THE DEADLY 999 DELAY
Daily Mirror UK|August 25, 2022
Regulator blast at ambulance chiefs for failing elderly
MARTIN BAGOT
THE DEADLY 999 DELAY

ELDERLY patients face 14-hour ambulance waits for falls, with one dying after getting trapped under a bed, a regulator warned.

The delays have led the Care Quality Commission to rate South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust as inadequate and issue a warning notice.

Its damning report said one patient waited 14 hours for help from the service, which serves seven million people in Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

This story is from the August 25, 2022 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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