AMBULANCES have spent thousands of hours in queues waiting to offload patients at hospitals due to the pressures of Covid-19. South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) spent 7,803 hours queuing outside hospitals in December - up from 5,732 hours in 2019, according to data leaked to BBC News. It means ambulance waiting times outside hospitals in the South East have risen by more than a third, compared with the same month last year. On Boxing Day, the Secamb said it experienced unprecedented levels of demand . Please share ➡️ We re very busy this evening. Our hard working staff across our 999 and 111 services are doing everything they can to get calls as quickly as they can. However, please bear with us as we take longer to get to you. pic.twitter.com/aOeoaHhFti South East Coast Ambulance Service (@SECAmbulance) January 7, 2021
Several vehicles have been targeted at Worthing Ambulance Station this week in multiple incidents.
Ambulances had their tyres slashed at Worthing Ambulance Station this week A South East Coast Ambulance Service spokesman said: Very disappointed and saddened to hear that five staff vehicles and one single response car had their tyres slashed on separate occasions at Worthing Ambulance Station this week. Not something anyone ever wants to discover, let alone at the end of a 12-hour shift. Please call (police on) 101 with any information. Very disappointed and saddened to hear that 5 staff vehicles and 1 single response car had their tyres slashed on separate occasions at Worthing Ambulance Station this week. Not something anyone ever wants to discover let alone at the end of a 12hour shift. Pls call 101 with info