Diana Fairweather-Purkis
17 Feb 2025 · Coroner Paul Appleton · Teesside and Hartlepool
This report repeats 8 earlier warnings. See the linked reports.
The coroner's concerns
1. insufficient ambulance availability
“There is insufficient Ambulance Service availability/resource to enable Ambulances to attend to patients in a timely manner and in accordance with relevant target attendance times.”
2. delays in ambulance crew release
“There are excessive delays in Ambulance crews being released following attendance at hospital, due to delays in patients being handed over to hospital staff.”
Linked reports
Identical hazardConfidence 0.95 · high
Earlier report
“During the inquest evidence was given that ambulance availability is being jeopardised by crews being delayed at hospital when handing patients over to Accident and Emergency staff.”
This report
“There are excessive delays in Ambulance crews being released following attendance at hospital, due to delays in patients being handed over to hospital staff.”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.95 · high
Earlier report
“I remain very concerned about resource issues for this ambulance service.”
This report
“There is insufficient Ambulance Service availability/resource to enable Ambulances to attend to patients in a timely manner and in accordance with relevant target attendance times.”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“insufficient ambulance service resources to meet the needs of the City of Milton Keynes”
This report
“There is insufficient Ambulance Service availability/resource to enable Ambulances to attend to patients in a timely manner and in accordance with relevant target attendance times.”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“delays in him being assessed by clinicians due to delays in the ambulance attending after he was found on the floor and due to delays for ambulances to be processed at the hospital.”
This report
“There are excessive delays in Ambulance crews being released following attendance at hospital, due to delays in patients being handed over to hospital staff.”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“continuing lack of sufficient ambulance resource in Suffolk will lead to future loss of life”
This report
“There is insufficient Ambulance Service availability/resource to enable Ambulances to attend to patients in a timely manner and in accordance with relevant target attendance times.”
Closely relatedConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“Availability of ambulances to carry out transfers in a timely manner, in urgent cases, between NHS Hospitals and in responding to 999 and 111 calls in the community.”
This report
“There is insufficient Ambulance Service availability/resource to enable Ambulances to attend to patients in a timely manner and in accordance with relevant target attendance times.”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“availability of ambulance crews is continuing to be compromised by delays at hospitals resulting in delays in response times which creates a risk to the life”
This report
“There are excessive delays in Ambulance crews being released following attendance at hospital, due to delays in patients being handed over to hospital staff.”
Identical hazardConfidence 0.90 · high
Earlier report
“delays in this process continue to impact upon the speed of the ambulance response to patients waiting within the community.”
This report
“There are excessive delays in Ambulance crews being released following attendance at hospital, due to delays in patients being handed over to hospital staff.”