Derriford Hospital worst for ambulance handovers
The Herald|December 16, 2023
AMBULANCE patients being rushed to hospital in Plymouth are facing longer delays to be handed over to A&E than anywhere else in the country, figures show.
Derriford Hospital worst for ambulance handovers

NHS England data analysed by the PA news agency shows 28,498 delays of half an hour or longer were recorded across all hospital trusts in the week to December 10. This was 34% of the 84,268 arrivals by ambulance where the handover time was known.

The figure is up from 25% for the week ending November 26.

Four out of the five hospital trusts facing the longest delays are in the South West. Plymouth's Derriford Hospital and the Royal Cornwall Hospital had the longest waits, according to the figures.

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