PMBlackburn commented Ambulances stuck queuing outside hospitals for hours because of...

Thousands of patients were left waiting in ambulance queues for hospital treatment last year – including a person who was not seen by medics for five hours and 25 minutes.The problem is caused by beds being filled by people who don't need them but are difficult to discharge into community social care, and high demand on Accident and Emergency and paramedics.When ambulances arrive at hospital they have to wait until their patient has a bed to go to and staff can pass on clinical...