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Crews from South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) are queuing longer than ever to hand over patients at A&E.
The situation poses a "threat to patient safety", directors of the service have said.
Figures obtained by the BBC show that delays have tripled at Milton Keynes General, and doubled at the Queen Alexandra in Portsmouth, compared with the same period last year.
At Wexham Park Hospital in Berkshire, delays went up by more than a third.
Ambulances spent 1,984 excess hours queuing at hospitals in December, which equates to "parking up" 2.7 ambulances for the whole of the month
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21285883
The situation poses a "threat to patient safety", directors of the service have said.
Figures obtained by the BBC show that delays have tripled at Milton Keynes General, and doubled at the Queen Alexandra in Portsmouth, compared with the same period last year.
At Wexham Park Hospital in Berkshire, delays went up by more than a third.
Ambulances spent 1,984 excess hours queuing at hospitals in December, which equates to "parking up" 2.7 ambulances for the whole of the month
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21285883