"50,000 extra deaths from heart attacks and strokes since the start of the pandemic while 999 calls take up to 52 minutes to be answered. Patients are waiting up to two and a half days for an ambulance amid a mounting NHS crisis, an investigation reveals. The data show delays of more than 24 hours for conditions such as heart attack and strokes, with still longer waits for other cases. It follows research showing more than 50,000 extra deaths from heart attacks and strokes since the start of the pandemic."
