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Ambulance delays are leaving heart attack patients waiting up to three hours for life-saving procedures, an investigation has found. The long waits are risking the lives and recoveries of those suffering the most serious type of heart attack, said an NHS watchdog. The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) found around one in ten patients were having to wait three hours to have lifesaving treatment – which involves inserting stents into arteries to relieve blockages. Some patients are being sent paramedic cars in the place of an ambulance, further delaying their transfer to hospital....

Long ambulance delays putting heart attack patients at risk, study says Ambulances outside the Royal Liverpool Hospital, in Liverpool (Peter Byrne/PA) Long delays in ambulances reaching patients with the most serious type of heart attack are putting lives at risk, according to a new investigation. The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) said not enough people were getting prompt treatment after an attack, while some patients are sent paramedic cars instead of an ambulance that could transfer them to hospital. The HSIB examined in detail the most serious form of heart attack known as...

Medical equipment, perhaps in ventilator in intensive care ICU Source:  Ingimage An investigation into the incorrect placement of nasogastric (NG) tubes found there was “no systemic barriers” to prevent this from happening and that action was needed to improve staff competency training. Hospital staff informing the inquiry also said that guidance on the insertion of NG tubes was “too long to read”. “Staff told the investigation they know the guidance is there, but such guidance is too long to read” HSIB report The latest report by the Healthcare Safety Investi...

Feeding tubes were mistakenly inserted into people’s lungs more than a dozen times between April and September, new data shows. The so-called ‘never event’  – when nasogastric (NG) equipment was incorrectly placed – occurred 14 times in England over the six-month period, according to analysis by the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB). Covid-19 measures made inserting the tubes – which deliver food, liquid or medication to critically ill patients – more challenging, the report said. Problems such as access to clinical notes in restricted Covid-19 areas in hospitals me...