Theresa May at Frimley Park hospital yesterday. The prime minister said she understood patients’ frustration Getty ImagesThousands of patients languished in ambulances last week because A&Es were too full to take them, as hospital chaos led Conservative MPs to demand new taxes to fund the NHS. One in eight patients arriving by ambulance had to wait at least half an hour before hospitals could see them, amid concerns that frail patients dialling 999 would face long delays because paramedics were stuck in A&E. Flu sent three times as many patients to hospital over Christmas as the week before, raising questions over how the NHS would cope with the rest of the winter. Flu admissions for Christmas week were also three times that of the same period last year.

Source: The Times January 04, 2018 17:09 UTC