In September, 4,800 hours were lost as a result of the delays, East Midlands Ambulance Service says
Ambulance leaders say "unacceptable" waiting times outside hospitals are continuing to affect emergency response times.
At the East Midlands Ambulance Service's board meeting on 4 October, senior staff discussed current issues with hospital handover delays. But the chair of the board Karen Tomlinson emphasised that the issue was "everybody's problem", not just the ambulance service's.
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