Roman Barr

“During the inquest evidence was given that ambulance availability is being jeopardised by crews being delayed at hospital when handing patients over to Accident and Emergency staff.”

“Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought, reducing emergency response capacity during periods of high demand.”

“Finally, I was made aware that one of the key problems in ensuring ambulance availability is delayed handover of patients at hospitals.”

“3. Ambulance handover delays affecting emergency availability Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought, reducing emergency response capacity during periods of high demand.”

“The NHS 111 telephone triage service uses the NHS Pathways computer system to triage patients via pre-determined question/answer based algorithms. The pre-determined questions are the same whether the caller is an adult or a child.”

“Evidence showed that a key NHS Pathways question used during triage was not understood by the caller and did not elicit clinically significant information.”

“My concern here Is that handover delays are impacting upon response times in respect of patients requiring emergency treatment &/or conveyance to hospital.”

“Ambulance handover delays affecting emergency availability Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought, reducing emergency response capacity during periods of high demand.”

“What is of concern, however, is that these gains have not been maintained and the situation has now worsened with 15-20 ambulances waiting outside the ED on occasions over the last three weeks.”

“Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought, reducing emergency response capacity during periods of high demand.”

“if hospital handover delays didn't exist they would be likely to be meeting their response targets as they did before hospital delays became chronic”

“Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought, reducing emergency response capacity during periods of high demand.”

“I am concerned that these continuing delays for ambulances at hospital handovers reflects a risk of deaths into the future.”

“Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought, reducing emergency response capacity during periods of high demand.”

“Continuing average handover delays (and therefore response delays) which create a risk of future deaths.”

“Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought,”

“The waiting times for ambulances to hand over patients at Hull Royal Infirmary were excessive that day leading to 160 hours of lost ambulance time.”

“Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought, reducing emergency response capacity during periods of high demand.”

“The delay in an ambulance attending patients due to the unavailability of ambulances. This delay being significantly contributed to by the handover delays in hospitals.”

“Ambulance handover delays affecting emergency availability Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought, reducing emergency response capacity during periods of high demand.”

“Delay in ambulance response attributable to delays in handover of patients at Royal Cornwall Hospital”

“Ambulance handover delays affecting emergency availability”

“Significant handover delays leading to ambulance resources being tied up at hospital”

“Ambulance handover delays affecting emergency availability”

“significant delays in the handover from the ambulance to the ED team. This was due to pressure on the ED but meant that ambulances were tied up for longer than necessary and then had a knock on impact on the ability of the ambulance service to respond to calls”

“Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought, reducing emergency response capacity during periods of high demand.”

“Significant handover delays at RCHT and other southwest hospitals leading to ambulance resources being tied up with increased response delays and increased mortality risks for patients in the community waiting for emergency ambulances.”

“Prolonged ambulance handover times at local hospitals were a significant factor in no ambulance being available at the time help was sought, reducing emergency response capacity during periods of high demand.”