Level four 'red alert' declared as Scottish patient waits in ambulance outside A&E for 12 hours

Level four 'red alert' declared as Scottish patient waits in ambulance outside A&E for 12 hours

The level four emergency was declared after a patient waiting in an ambulance outside A&E in Edinburgh for 12 hours

NHS denial won’t shorten queues as ambulance crews placed on 'red alert'

Record View says it’s clear our ambulance crews have been stretched to breaking point for some time.

Chaotic scenes at Irish hospital as ambulances queue with patients for 5 hours

THIS was the chaotic scene outside Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda over the weekend. A line of ambulances queued up outside the Louth hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department waiting for their patients to be seen — with some there for up to five hours. It meant there were fewer ambulances to deal with emergency cases out on the roads, putting lives at risk. Many of the night crews had to start their shift at the hospital and continu…

Ambulance crews placed on 'red alert' as A&E services across Scotland threaten to buckle

Ambulance crews were placed on red alert last week as A&Es were mobbed and services threatened to buckle under pressure, the Record can reveal. Emergency measures were triggered as patients spent waits of up to 12 hours in ambulances queuing outside accident and emergency departments across Scotland. The “Level 4” status - the highest possible state of alert - means managers can cancel staff leave and deploy all available workers to the frontlin…