Half of North Wales' critical 999 ambulance calls meet response target

Half of North Wales' critical 999 ambulance calls meet response target

Just 50 of most urgent calls in North Wales were responded to within eight minutes by Welsh ambulance service in May while handover delays caused…

Handover delays at North Wales hospitals cause 7,454 lost ambulance hours

A report to Wrexham's Safeguarding, Communities and Wellbeing Scrutiny Committee showed that the Welsh Ambulance Services University Trust failed to meet its urgent response target in May. v.1

Handover delays caused 7,454 lost hours for ambulance service in north Wales

Image: Welsh Government Alec Doyle, local democracy reporter Handover delays at north Wales hospitals in May caused 7,454 lost hours for the ambulance service – equivalent to cutting 20 12-hour shifts. Figures just released by the Welsh Ambulance Services University Trust (WAST) show the dramatic impact of admission delays at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) hospitals across the region. Around 3,000 of those lost hours in May were…