Available on both Android and Apple. Download here: smarturl.it/RenfrewLiveSocialThey say that nationally the average time for an ambulance to attend, help and hand a patient over to hospital has soared from approximately one hour to six.Unite the union says the wait means paramedics are missing three 999 calls while located at a hospital waiting for patient discharges.Jamie McNamee, Unite convenor at the Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS), says ambulance chiefs must declare major incident status at any hospital where paramedics have to wait more than 30 minutes.The move would mean other bodies like NHS Scotland, community health workers or the army could be brought in to provide support and free up paramedics to get on with their jobs.Mr.
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