it s much longer. 85 year old kula had to wait 1a hours for paramedics after breaking her hip. it s not really a state that anybody should be left in for that length of time because you don t know what complications it could lead to. but when paramedics tried to drop her at hospital, there was another wait, this time for 26 hours, in the back of an ambulance, before she could be admitted. i cannot fault the ambulance crews, the paramedics, the nurses or doctors at all in any of this. this is a whole system failure. it sjust really traumatic for her. and to see a family member like that, it sjust horrid, absolutely horrible. the government says there is extra funding to pay for more staff and free up hospital beds. a full emergency care plan is due in the new year. but with winter coming, along with strike action involving some nurses and ambulance services, hospital bosses are warning of difficult times ahead. jim reed, bbc news.
of time, because you don t know what complications it could lead to. but when paramedics tried to drop her at hospital, there was another wait, this time for 26 hours, in the back of an ambulance, before she could be admitted. i cannot fault the ambulance crews, the paramedics, the nurses or doctors at all in any of this. this is a whole system failure. it s just really traumatic for her. and to see a family member like that, it sjust horrid, absolutely horrible. the government says there is extra funding to pay for more staff and free up hospital beds. a full emergency care plan is due in the new year. but with winter coming, along with strike action involving some nurses and ambulance services, hospital bosses are warning of difficult times ahead. jim reed, bbc news. the prince and princess of wales have begun their visit to the united states, a trip which has been overshadowed by a race row back in the uk.
this is a whole system failure. it s just really traumatic for her. and to see a family member like that, it sjust horrid, absolutely horrible. the government says there is extra funding to pay for more staff and free up hospital beds. a full emergency care plan is due in the new year. but with winter coming, along with strike action involving some nurses and ambulance services, hospital bosses are warning of difficult times ahead. jim reed, bbc news. tell us about your experience of the nhs this winter. have you or a family member called an ambulance or waited for treatment in a&e? we d like to hear your stories as part of our nhs under pressure series. the prince and princess of wales have begun their visit to the united states, a trip which has been overshadowed by a race row back in the uk. a royal aide,
but with winter coming, along with strike action involving some nurses and ambulance services, hospital bosses are warning of difficult times ahead. jim reed, bbc news. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. the royal college of emergency medicine have said that disruption to emergency care is contributing to death figures being higher than normal at this time of year. first, clive, the royal college has said that they estimate that about a quarter of excess deaths of that is the number of deaths over and above what you would expect for this time of year, are caused by delays in ambulances getting to patients and to a&e. now, that isjust ambulances getting to patients and to a&e. now, that is just their analysis, there are many causes for excess deaths, for example conditions which were not treated in the early stages of the pandemic, but that is their view. certainly, talking to paramedics out on the road, you really get a sense of
and to see a family member like that, it sjust horrid, absolutely horrible. the government says there is extra funding to pay for more staff and free up hospital beds. a full emergency care plan is due in the new year. but with winter coming, along with strike action involving some nurses and ambulance services, hospital bosses are warning of difficult times ahead. jim reed, bbc news. joining me now is conservative mp, steve brine, chair of the commons health and social care committee a cross party group of mps who scrutinise the work of the department of health and social care and related bodies. thank you very much for being with us, it is truly shock, isn t it, to see those images of huge queues of ambulance, just sitting outside hospitals, up able to get their patients into a&e? hospitals, up able to get their patients into a&e? yes, well, of course this patients into a&e? yes, well, of course this has patients into a&e? yes, well, of course this has been patients into a&e