🚑 Ambulance Delays in Wales Hit Crisis Levels! 🚨
Families are expressing outrage as ambulance delays near Grange University Hospital in Cwmbran reach alarming rates! Shocking reports reveal that nearly 800 patients a month are stuck waiting in ambulances for more than an hour at hospitals run by Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. Covering areas like Caerphilly, Newport, and Monmouthshire, the board acknowledges the urgent need to tackle these handover delays as priority number one.
In response, a new three-year strategy has been launched aiming to revolutionise urgent and emergency care systems. Their target? To reduce these prolonged waits to under 500 monthly. There’s also a big push to provide extra training to care home staff, ensuring falls are handled without unnecessary hospital admissions.
CEO Nicola Prygodzicz emphasised the goal: getting patients “home as quickly and as safely as possible”. Shockingly, hospital beds occupied for over three weeks have spiked by 23% in just five years!
In the comments, frustration is palpable. One reader shares their frustrating wait for an X-ray result while others explain discontent with broader government handling of NHS services. Another tragic story highlights a lady who tragically died after enduring 14 hours in an ambulance.
Winter is approaching, and many fear how the system will cope. Are we bracing for more chaos, or will improvements materialise before the cold sets in?
What do YOU think should be done to address these mounting challenges? Let’s hear your thoughts below! 🗨️👇
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