However, the owner says 'nobody will lose their jobs'
The ambulance service which covers Greater Lincolnshire took on average over two hours in December to respond to Category 2 incidents, which include possible heart attacks and strokes.
There was high demand for its service and a record number of EMAS hours, almost 27,000, lost due to handover delays last month too. EMAS’s director of operations has apologised for the longer waits patients have experienced and asked people to only call 999 if a life is at threat. There were 11,595 Category 1 call-outs, a rise of 25%, or 2,916, just on November alone. The number of Category 2 incident call-outs for EMAS in December was unprecedented at 77,851, more than double the number of Category 2 incidents in the previous month.
“We continue to experience immense pressure on our ambulance service and our staff are working phenomenally hard to get to the sickest and most severely injured patients. Our colleagues in our 999 control rooms work tirelessly to assess and reassess the condition of our patients who are waiting for an ambulance, to ensure that people who need medical attention most urgently receive the first available ambulance.
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