UK ambulance waiting times putting lives at risk, London, United Kingdom - 19 Aug 2022
NHS ambulances at a hospital in London, Britain, 19 August 2022. According to doctors and paramedics, UK Ambulance waiting times are putting patients in danger across Britain. The national standard sets out that all ambulance trusts must respond to life-threatening emergency calls in 7 minutes on average however it peaked in July 2022 at 9 minutes 35 seconds, according to recent figures on ambulance response times. A record number of patients waiting more than 12 hours to be admitted to accident and emergency departments in England was reported in July, while a normal emergency is more than four hours.