Hundreds of additional hours were spent in ambulances caused by delays at Shrewsbury and Telford's NHS hospitals last week, new figures show.
Across England, one in six patients waited more than an hour, while one in three were left waiting more than 30 minutes – both record highs.
NHS targets state trusts should complete 95 per cent of all ambulance handovers in 30 minutes, with all conducted in less than one hour. Around 25,000 handover delays of half an hour or longer were recorded across all hospital trusts last week, according to NHS England.
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