Patient with fractured hip 'waits 10 hours for ambulance' as queues form outside A&E and service moves to 'extreme pressure' status

10.09.2021 - 08:53 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk

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Patients calling 999 are waiting up to 18 hours for help as pictures show ambulances queuing outside A&E and the service moves to 'extreme pressure' status.

Paramedics for North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) have told the Manchester Evening News that one patient with a fractured hip waited 10 hours for an ambulance, while another endured an 18-hour hour delay following a mental health call-out.

The first case was

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