Injured 90-year-old waits 40 hours for ambulance and another 20 hours in the ambulance outside hospital
South Western Ambulance Service said it was "sorry and upset" at the woman's wait for an ambulance.
The average time it took an ambulance to reach a 999 call for something like a heart attack or stroke was nearly one hour in July in England.The problem has been getting worse over the past two months, but the delays aren't confined to ambulance waits. That's linked to patients staying in hospital longer after they've recovered because there are issues providing the social care they need at home.The government says it has invested millions into ambulance services and is setting up a taskforce to look at ways of making sure patients are only in hospital for as long as they need to be.
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