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Paramedics were ordered to leave critically ill patients on chairs or carts in overcrowded A&E waiting rooms.
New guidance for the London Ambulance Service says staff should spend a maximum of 45 minutes outside of hospitals. Hundreds of ambulances waste hours each day queuing outside A&E because there are not enough empty beds or staff to receive new patients. However, this means paramedics can’t get back on the road to answer new 999 calls.
The email from NHS London chiefs to hospital managers in London, seen by ITV, said: “If a patient is clinically stable, the ambulance doctors will ensure the patient is on a hospital cart or wheelchair/chair and approaches the nurse in charge of the emergency department to
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