Ambulances left waiting for record times as ‘twindemic’ hits UK
Patients waited in ambulances outside hospitals for record times across England in the week before the new year, as Covid-19 infection rates and flu hospitalisations soared over Christmas.
About 1 in 20 adults in England had Covid-19 over Christmas, more than doubling from the week ending December 9, with even higher rates in Wales and Northern Ireland, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Cases of coronavirus are at their highest level since July 2022 in England, Wales and Scotland, and since March 2022 in Northern Ireland.
This story originally appeared on: Financial Times - Author:Hannah Kuchler
