Ambulances experiencing delays admitting patients into EDs
St John Ambulance has confirmed it is experiencing delays getting patients into hospital care, because of increased winter demand at ED's. Meanwhile Health New Zealand has confirmed Waikato Hospital ED was more than 20% short on staff the night a man died while waiting to be seen by a specialist. Sarah Dalton from the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists spoke to Lisa Owen.
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