45 minutes for an ambulance

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To take a child with suspected meningitis/sepsis to hospital.

A child (baby!) of 10 months. Rash that won't fade under pressure. High temp and vomiting, light sensitivity

Just awful. My friend from across the road ran to me in desperation as I'm a carer for my son so she knew I'd be in

My bloody car was in for a service and I couldn't help her, couldn't take her. Taxi was going to be same time as ambulance so we booked it and it arrived at same time as the ambulance (we did it to see who's get there first and she'd take that option)

Disgusting. This is what this country has come to. What a disgrace.

2 weeks on and that baby girl still hasn't recovered much and is very unwell. My friend is wanting to go public with the story but worried about attaching her face to it

Sadly 45 mins us not bad at all now. It’s awful. She must have been so scared.

The ambulance is a general ambulance if it's tied up there is nothing they can do....many do sit outside A&E with patients in.
The advice is to take people in yourself if possible.

Elderly lady, very ill and frail…was told she either got a friend to take her to hospital by car, or wait 9 hours for an ambulance! She has very poor sight/mobility and great difficulty getting into a car, it took 3 people to help her out and into it. I hope the baby gets well soon.