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Good afternoon and welcome to the news at one. theres more evidence of the crisis in the nhs in england. ambulance response times reached their worst level on record in december. category 2 emergency calls, which include strokes, took more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. the highest priority calls, with an immediate threat to life, took almost 11 minutes on average. the target is seven. and patients are waiting even longer in accident and emergency. 35% waited more ...

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Emergency departments of private and government hospitals in Delhi witnessed more patients with heart attacks, brain strokes and high BP during early mornings this winter, as Delhi recorded its third worst cold wave in 23 years.

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Information. thank you to talk to was always julia. _ 0n on average patient having heart attacks and strokes had to wait more than 90 minutes which is 30 minutes more than it used to be in october. the target is 18 minutes. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been allowed into the royal bolton hospital in lancashire, england. he went into a&e, to see for himself what patients and staff are experiencing. we are at ten on the corridor. weve no capacity. we are going to come out and assess them in the a...

Good evening. ambulance response times in england and waits in accident and emergency departments have reached the highest levels on record. the latest figures have exposed the alarming state of emergency care in the national health service. for some emergencies, including suspected strokes and heart attacks, the average wait was over 90 minutes. the target is 18 minutes. more than a third of patients waited more than four hours to be assessed after arriving at the a&e department and last month ...

With health service leaders warning the system is in a precarious position. call handlers and dispatchers are also taking part in the industrial action, the second such strike to take place in england and wales in three weeks. people are being warned that ambulances may not be dispatched for some emergencies, such as heart attacks and strokes, and the effect this time is expected to be worse than the first walkout. gareth barlow reports. it is the second walkout by ambulance staff this winter. w...

Despite those reassurances, the government has warned that a national deal to agree a minimum level of cover hasnt been agreed, with crews already struggling to respond on time to calls for emergencies such as heart attacks and strokes. ambulance staff, along with other nhs workers, have been offered a pay rise averaging 4.75%. but unions want an above inflation pay increase, saying that low wages are contributing to staffing issues across the service. despite the strikes, the vital message to t...

Ambulance staff, along with other nhs workers, have been offered a pay rise averaging 4.75%. but unions want an above inflation pay increase, saying that low wages are contributing to staffing issues across the service. it is fundamentally about pay, but it is a _ it is fundamentally about pay, but it is a better pay and the impact it has on _ it is a better pay and the impact it has on the — it is a better pay and the impact it has on the service. so yes, we see some _ has on the service. so ...

For a&e waits on record". thats according to the royal college of emergency medicine, which monitors standards of care in uk a&e departments. the head of that body told the bbc this. the situation is much worse than previous years. we always get a winter crisis with media headlines but for example in january at the average response time for ambulance was about 20 minutes for a category to call. this year is because like strokes and heart attacks. over december, weve seen that has been always ove...