A hospital chief executive's husband drove her to A&E because of concerns over long 999 waits.
An NHS boss who had a stroke was taken to A&E by her husband rather than calling for an ambulance because of concerns over long waits.
She said he had "bundled her into his car", last week, after she had showed the signs of a stroke because he had heard her "lamenting ambulance delays".Waits for an ambulance in England are the longest since new targets were introduced, in 2017. "What if my husband hadn't been there and my daughter had called for an ambulance and I'd been put in the cat[egory]-two stack?"
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