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Ambulance services are at ‘breaking point,’ unions warn
More than 11,000 patients waited more than an hour to be passed to A&E teams — the highest since records began in 2010
An ambulance outside the Accident and Emergency Department of St Thomas's Hospital, London
AMBULANCE services are at breaking point, health unions warned today after official figures revealed a record 11,000 patients waited more than an hour before being passed on to accident and emergency teams last week.
The total — the highest since records began in 2010 — represented a shocking one in seven of all those needing emergency hospital care, NHS England said.
Nearly one in three endured a delay of at least 20 minutes before receiving the urgent treatment they needed.
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