Scottish national ambulance response time target is 8 minutes. Aim to make 75% of that

How come an ambulance took hours to get there ?

i mean surely if a lady with previous heart emergency calls shows up as fallen outside it flags up?

Only if the caller mentions it, 999 operator doesn't have access to patient details of any kind.

Where else is there a 6 hour wait for an ambulance?

but they did mention it as it was her neighbour who called the ambulance

By the sounds of it this isn't a standard Welsh thing. It's a one off.

Not that that excuses anything for this poor woman.

they keep mentioning a big increase in red calls year on year why is this?

Because there's an increase in calls year on year I would imagine.

Could be anywhere - total pot luck. If your case isn't urgent your ambulance can be 30 seconds away and get turned around because of a more serious incident elsewhere.

I'm sure we had an English version of this within the last few months.

Edit: found

https://www.lynnnews.co.uk/news/woma...entre-9086482/

A woman who spent four hours waiting for an ambulance after falling over in Lynn’s town centre last week has thanked those who came to her aid.

The elderly woman, who has asked not to be named, broke her hip after tripping and falling on Broad Street on Tuesday, after which a number of businesses and a retired A&E doctor offered their help.

Ruth Griffiths, the woman’s daughter, said they are hoping to identify the doctor, who they believe was called John, who stayed with her while she waited in the doorway of a shop on Broad Street from around 10.15am to 2.15pm.

Edit pt 2.

There's actually a load of these stories from the last few years, although this lady unfortunately died is why this is being reported so prominently.

Caused by?

Whether advised not to move her or not after an hour or 2 youd try!!

How am I supposed to know?

Do we ever hear when they turn up fast :laugh:

I think illegal immigrants is the answer he wants.

:fist: you live near Wales dont you keep your ear to the ground?

Wouldn't have thought so, as that is why we call ambulances to begin with.

i doubt they go to wales if they are escaping horrible domestic conditions


:hehe:

Chorie went arse over tit over her zimmer and was rushed to A&E within 3 minutes isn't really a news story.

Probably people with a sniffle

Victim blaming again?

Hospital and ambulance service can't cope with demand for patients. Damn them bloody patients getting ill, having accidents and dying. :fist:

It's a fact many people use it when they don't need to :fist:

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Well exactly ..6 hours is unusual, so sorry for that lady she was unlucky

More evidence of the demonisation of the NHS in order to soften the public up to selling and dismantling it.