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NHS England 📅 26 Feb 2026 ⏱ 1 min read

Patients handed over quicker despite 5-year high in number taken to hospital

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Ambulance crews and A&E staff have slashed handover delays by more than 7 minutes this winter – even as they ferried the highest number of patients to hospital in half a decade. Figures out today show that more than 1.2million patients were handed over (1,234,731) to A&Es by ambulances so far this winter. This is […] This content is

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