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Patient with fractured hip 'waits 10 hours for ambulance' as queues form outside A&E and service moves to 'extreme pressure' status

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Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Patients calling 999 are waiting up to 18 hours for help as pictures show ambulances queuing outside A&E and the service moves to 'extreme pressure' status.

Paramedics for North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) have told the Manchester Evening News that one patient with a fractured hip waited 10 hours for an ambulance, while another endured an 18-hour hour delay following a mental health call-out.

The first case was considered to be an emergency 'category 2' call, while the second was an urgent 'category 3' response, it was claimed. READ MORE:'The unequal pandemic': The data that shows northerners more likely to die from Covid - and left poorer than the rest

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