One in eight ambulances waited more than 30 minutes outside A&Es to hand over patients in Greater Manchester

One out of every eight ambulances arriving at A&Es in Greater Manchester had to wait over 30 minutes before handing over patients to the care of doctors at the end of last month. There were 5,663 arrivals at A&E by ambulance at trusts in our region in the week ending November 26, according to the latest data from the NHS.

Some 12 per cent of those - one in eight - had a handover time of over 30 minutes. That includes 167 - 3pc of the total - which took over an hour. While some patients in Greater Manchester were left waiting, the figures for this region are actually better than the national average.

Nationally, 8pc, or one in 12, arrivals by ambulance had a handover time of over an hour. Meanwhile, almost a quarter, 23pc, had a handover time of over 30 minutes, which includes those that took over an hour. A spokesman for NHS Greater Manchester said staff were working hard to reduce ambulance waiting times and they were now significantly shorter than elsewhere in the country.

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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust was the worst performing trust in our region. A fifth, 20pc, of ambulance arrivals had a handover time of over 30 minutes, while 9pc took over an hour. At Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, 19pc of ambulance arrivals had a handover time of over 30 minutes and five per cent over 60 minutes.

At Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust, it was 13pc over half an hour and 1pc. At Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, it was 12pc and 2pc respectively.

At Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, it was 11pc and 3pc.