The weekly winter figures, published today, show that the hours lost to ambulance handover delays dropped to 18,799 in the week ending February 25, down from 23,494 the previous week.

This significant improvement was despite more patients being taken to hospitals by ambulance last week (91,597) compared to the week before (89,377) – and a 17% rise from the same time last year.

Read more – NHSE (29/2/24)