East Midlands Ambulance Service Faces Record Delays

0:00On March 5, East Midlands ambulance service faced its worst handover delays since April 2025 last month, losing more than 19, 1500 hours in January alone. Board members heard about this during a meeting earlier this week, where they compared it to nearly 14,500 hours lost in. December and over 16,200 in November. Among major hospitals, Royal Derby saw the longest averages at 49 minutes and 16 seconds, while Lester Royal infirmary clocked in just. Under 40 minutes and Nottingham's Queens Medical Center averaged 36 minutes and 48 seconds. Hospitals and Nottinghamshire declare critical incidents that month due to severe capacity strains, putting extra pressure on the entire system. Early February data shows a promising drop of 9 minutes in delays, with nearly 1-fifth of calls redirected to other services to free up. Officials for urgent cases, and officials know close teamwork, is helping turn things

1:00around. Officials for urgent cases, and officials know close teamwork, is helping turn things around.