“I heard evidenced that whilst the Yorkshire Ambulance Service have taken a number of…”
Dated 15 Jul 2024, from the coroner for East Riding and Hull. Sent to 2 organisations or people.
A coroner wrote this report after an inquest, to warn the organisations below about a risk of further deaths.
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All responses publishedReplies were due by 9 Sep 2024.
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- Report dated15 Jul 2024
- Deadline9 Sep 2024
- Published on judiciary.uk1 Aug 2024
- Today23 Oct 2026
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| Sent to | Response |
|---|---|
| NHS England | Response publishedPublished on judiciary.uk in August 2024. |
| NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care BoardNamed in the report as “West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board” | Response publishedPublished on judiciary.uk in August 2024. |
The coroner’s concerns
– I heard evidenced that whilst the Yorkshire Ambulance Service have taken a number of steps within their powers to try to reduce the delays experienced by patients waiting for an ambulance within the community, that those delays continue. Specifically, I was told that the response standards for both Category 1 and Category 2 calls (for the year to date), whilst improved from the time of Mr Smith’s death, still remain outside of the target response standards (both on average and at the 90th centile). The evidence heard was that the national target for hospital handover by the ambulance service, of 15 minutes, is still not being achieved. Evidence suggested that whilst there has and continues to be efforts made by the ambulance service and acute hospitals to increase the speed at which ambulances handover their patients, that delays in this process continue to impact upon the speed of the ambulance response to patients waiting within the community.
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- judiciary.uk, Prevention of Future Deaths reports, 2024-0402
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- 8 Oct 2026
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