Paramedics fear 'patients will be treated in ambulances outside hospitals' if queues at A&E continue to grow
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukParamedics have shared their fears that patients may have to be ‘treated in ambulances’ outside A&E departments if huge pressures on the system continue.
NHS workers on the frontline have been warning for months that the service is under strain due to a combination of factors including a waning workforce, Covid, respiratory infections, a backlog of patients and a build-up of health problems through lockdowns.
Last month, the Manchester Evening News told of reports from one paramedic that hospital staff were already treating ambulances as 'an extension of their department', with patient blood tests and assessments taking place on vehicle gurneys. READ MORE: Ambulances queue, A&E fills and an exhausted paramedic bears witness to a broken
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