David Briggs
1 Dec 2023 · Coroner Hannah Berry · South Yorkshire (Western)
This report repeats 3 earlier warnings, and was raised again 1 time later. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. delayed ambulance arrival
“The ambulance service was called at 2049 on 14 November 2022 and the call was graded as a Category 2 call requiring a response within 40 minutes. The ambulance finally arrived at 0044 on 15 November 2022”
2. insufficient ambulance resources
“YAS were not resourced to respond to the number of emergency calls”
3. delayed patient offloading
“There was a significant delay in offloading patients at hospitals which tied up ambulance resource and meant they were unable to respond to emergency calls”
Linked reports
Identical hazardConfidence 0.85 · high
Earlier report
“I remain very concerned about resource issues for this ambulance service.”
This report
“YAS were not resourced to respond to the number of emergency calls.”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“Evidence given at the inquest revealed that there was a delay in an ambulance attending to the deceased and that earlier arrival of an ambulance is likely to mean he would not have died when he did.”
This report
“The ambulance service was called at 2049 on 14 November 2022 and the call was graded as a Category 2 call requiring a response within 40 minutes. The ambulance finally arrived at 0044 on 15 November 2022.”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“insufficient ambulance service resources to meet the needs of the City of Milton Keynes”
This report
“YAS were not resourced to respond to the number of emergency calls”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
This report
“There was a significant delay in offloading patients at hospitals which tied up ambulance resource and meant they were unable to respond to emergency calls.”
Later report
“I have also been provided with data regarding the number of hours that ambulances have spent queuing at hospitals in the last 3 months (September to November 2024).”
Responses
2023-0506-Response-from-Department-of-Health-and-Social-Care.pdf ↗· Department of Health and Social Care
Stated action · 2023/24
“published our 'Delivery plan for recovering urgent and emergency care services' which aims to deliver sustained improvements in waiting times”