The NHS continues to face extreme pressure locally and nationally
More than 200 patients waited over an hour in ambulances to be handed over to Nottinghamshire hospitals in the space of a week, figures have revealed. NHS data shows in the week up to January 8, 1,442 people arrived at A&Es by ambulance in the county.
East Midlands Ambulance Service workers spoke out about the stressful working conditions during a strike on Wednesday. One ambulance technician, Lance Allen, told Nottinghamshire Live he had waited 'six or seven hours' with a patient at Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham last week.NHS Nottinghamshire said it was under 'extreme pressure' and advised the public to only attend A&E departments for serious accidents or emergencies.
A total of 703 patients across Nottinghamshire were deemed to 'no longer meet the criteria to reside' at hospital on January 5. Of those, 198 were discharged by 5pm, and 112 were discharged between 5pm and midnight, leaving 393 patients in hospital who were otherwise fit enough to leave.
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