David Strachan
20 Feb 2023 · Coroner Kate Sutherland · North Wales (East and Central)
This report repeats 2 earlier warnings. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. ambulance delay
“all available resources were managing incidents of a higher acuity or the same category but registered prior and there were significant handover delays across all BCUHB sites”
Linked reports
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“current practices in place for the handover of patients at an Emergency Department far too often results in wholly unacceptable delays with patients being kept waiting for long periods in ambulances”
This report
“there were significant handover delays across all BCUHB sites.”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“unacceptable delays with patients being kept waiting for long periods in ambulances and ambulance resources consequently being unavailable for allocation to other calls”
This report
“he causes of the ambulance delay were that all available resources were managing incidents of a higher acuity or the same category but registered prior and there were significant handover delays across all BCUHB sites.”