The cost of hours lost due to hospital handover delays almost doubles in the space of a year
Gary Brownhill, a Unison health and safety rep and paramedic who works out of Worksop station, said handover delays had grown worse since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
"It's serious, not only for those patients who are waiting for ambulances, but those on the back of the ambulances. We are very limited with what we've got to offer a patient that is deteriorating. The highest number of hours lost over the past two years came in March this year, when the number of time lost exceeded 17,000 hours.The findings, which have been revealed by a freedom of information request to EMAS by the BBC, are equivalent to losing about 38 12-hour shifts per day.
"In addition to our patients, staff and resources, handover delays are also negatively impacting on our finances and therefore our ability to deliver an efficient service.AnalysisThe target is for patients arriving by ambulance to be officially handed over into the care of A&E staff within 15 minutes. Any delay beyond, this is a handover delay.
All the time the crew and patient are held up, there are likely to be more 999 calls coming into the service that are more difficult to respond to.If not enough medically-fit patients are discharged from hospital each day, then there can be a shortage of beds on the wards.
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