Peter Beresford
12 Mar 2024 · Coroner Lauren Costello · Manchester South
This report repeats 2 earlier warnings, and was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. delay in paramedics attending Category 2 calls
“Despite a number of measures being undertaken by the North West Ambulance Service, the delay in paramedics attending Category 2 calls has not been resolved to within target ranges because there are residual staff and emergency vehicle shortages.”
2. delays in ambulances clearing Accident and Emergency departments
“The resources available in the North West Ambulance Service cannot be fully utilised because of the delays in ambulances clearing Accident and Emergency departments caused by the pressure on these departments across the NHS.”
Linked reports
Identical hazardConfidence 0.98 · high
Earlier report
“Despite a number of measures being undertaken by the North West Ambulance Service, the delay in paramedics attending Category 2 calls has not been resolved to within target ranges because there are residual staff and emergency vehicle shortages.”
This report
“Despite a number of measures being undertaken by the North West Ambulance Service, the delay in paramedics attending Category 2 calls has not been resolved to within target ranges because there are residual staff and emergency vehicle shortages.”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.85 · high
Earlier report
“long delays in ambulance response to Category 2 calls create a risk that other deaths will occur in the future”
This report
“Despite a number of measures being undertaken by the North West Ambulance Service, the delay in paramedics attending Category 2 calls has not been resolved to within target ranges”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“delays in ambulances clearing Accident and Emergency departments caused by the pressure on these departments across the NHS.”
Later report
“delays in ambulances clearing ED was still having a very significant impact on their ability to respond to calls including category 2 calls”
Responses
2024-0138-Response-from-Department-of-Health-and-Social-Care.pdf ↗· Department of Health and Social Care