Ambulances lose thousands of hours stuck outside Black Country hospitals
The worst performing NHS trust in the Black Country was Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust with 2,364 hours lost.
Ambulances lost thousands of hours whilst waiting to hand patients over to hospitals in the Black Country.
Members of the Birmingham and Solihull and Black Country NHS Joint ICB Cluster Board will meet next week to discuss urgent and emergency care performance across the area.
And figures show the total number of hours lost over 15 minutes outside A&Es had risen from 4,841 in April to 6,162 in May. The figure fir May last year was 3,205.
The worst performing NHS trust in the Black Country was Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust with 2,364 hours lost, closely followed by The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust on 2,296.
Ambulances lost 1,280 hours at Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust in May while Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust saw 221 hours lost.
The report to the Board, which will meet on Monday (July 13) said there was an “urgent need to address lost hours for handovers.
It also said the 45 minute maximum handover was brought into effect from February 26 and all the trusts were working towards that.
The report added: “Out of Hospital and UEC programme are working collaboratively to ensure that hospital avoidance pathways are being fully utilised.
“Performance and activity continues to be monitored daily by the Strategic Command Centre.
“The team have full access to SHREWD which is a live stream system that monitors A&E, Ambulance, 111, admissions, discharges, patient transport, virtual ward capacity.
“Silver calls are in place twice daily to address any pressures in real time.”
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