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Report results use published report text and related indexed information, ranked for relevance.
Data updated 7 September 2026
Concerns
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Delays in ambulance-to-hospital patient handover
77 reports 53 recipients
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Delays in ambulance attendance
118 reports 66 recipients
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Failure to call an ambulance promptly when emergency assistance is required
37 reports 47 recipients
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Failure to maintain safe hospital patient flow
33 reports 28 recipients
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Failure to ensure timely ambulance access to care and emergency treatment premises
5 reports 13 recipients
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Inadequate system planning for ambulance-delay pressures
2 reports 3 recipients
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Unreliable ambulance stand-down decisions
3 reports 4 recipients
Reports
Matched using report evidence
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Sophie HINDMARSH · Prevention of Future Deaths report
Related indexed information The ambulance service was called at 0245 on 21 July 2022 and the call was coded as a Category 2 at 0251 call requiring a response within 40 minutes. The ambulance finally arrived at 0731 on 21 July 2022, 4 hours and 46 minutes after the call. There was a significant delay in offloading patients at hospitals which tied up ambulance resource on that.
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Ronald William Bennett · Prevention of Future Deaths report
Related indexed information (1) There are serious delays in ambulance crews arriving at the scene of an incident as a consequence of ambulance crews being delayed at the Accident and Emergency department as they are unable to handover patients within the national standard for hospital handovers at A and E of 30 minutes. I heard evidence that on the 20 February 2016, out of.
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Graham Whiteley · Prevention of Future Deaths report
Related indexed information c) The excessive number of incidents awaiting allocation was caused by delays in handing over the care of patients from ambulance crews to the four main acute hospitals within the Bravo area (Musgrove Park Hospital, Weston General Ho... d) The handover delays meant that there were over 84 hours of ambulance time lost to handovers. g) The evidence.
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Geoffrey Gordon Fuller · Prevention of Future Deaths report
Coroner's concerns …in 2022 and 2023 by SWAST and the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) found a direct link between ambulance delays and inadequate social care provision. The court noted the SWAST systems report which found… “…..there is a direct…
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Nicola Emma OWENS · Prevention of Future Deaths report
Related indexed information The delay in an ambulance attending patients due to the unavailability of ambulances. A significant factor contributing to the handover delays in hospitals being the backlog of pat... On 07 October 2024 I commenced an investigation into the death of Nicola Emma OWENS aged 40. Backlog of patients fit for discharge awaiting social care packages.
Recipients
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Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System (AMPDS)
1 report Latest 27 Jan 2022
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Emergency Call Prioritisation Advisory Group (ECPAG)
1 report Latest 24 Oct 2024
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