Hundreds of patients saved from lengthy A&E wait thanks to ambulance pilot

A North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) pilot scheme to reduce the number of patients attending Sunderland’s A&E departments has proved so successful it is being extended. Funded by the All Together Better Sunderland vanguard partnership, NEAS’s Paramedic Pathfinder has helped more than 800 patients avoid lengthy A&E waits by diverting them to more appropriate places for treatment. Since the pilot began last September, instead of being taken to A&E 815 people have been successfully referred ...