Ambulance Handover Delays
Significant delays in ambulance response times caused by prolonged patient offloading at hospitals, tying up critical resources.
2 items
1 source
2 inquiries
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Ambulance Handover Delays has been flagged across 1 independent accountability source:
2 inquiry recs
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Inquiry Recommendations (2)
FENN-32 — Improve LAS procedures for timing and recording ambulance whereabouts
Recommendation: The London Ambulance Service shall improve its procedures for timing and recording the whereabouts of its ambulances.
Unknown
P2-30 — Ambulance data on conveying deceased
Recommendation: Data on how often deceased patients are conveyed in ambulances, and the reasons for this, should be routinely collected and reported to NHS England, and monitored to assess risk.
Gov response: NHS England has confirmed that relevant data lines are in the information standard with the first routine collection expected to be rolled out in 2026/27.
Accepted
In progress