Local Patients Stranded thanks to Conservative failings

The Liberal Democrats are calling for urgent action to end the ambulance crisis in Lincoln.

Potential heart attack and stroke victims in Lincoln are waiting an average of 1 hour 15 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, following years of Conservative cuts and neglect. Average response time for the most urgent and life-threatening emergency calls, was 12.53 minutes, up 24.7% since 2019.

The Liberal Democrat’s plan to support local ambulance services, which would see a paramedic recruitment campaign and improvements in social care to reduce pressures on hospital beds.

Local Lib Dem campaigner James Brown commented: “Behind these figures are devastating stories of pensioners left stranded for hours, or families in Lincoln watching a loved one die before a paramedic could reach them. Paramedics on the frontline do an incredible job day in day out, looking after people in their time of need. But our overstretched local NHS services are collapsing under the strain of years of neglect under this Conservative government.”