A 72-year-old woman from Cornwall was left lying in a cold street for nine hours after breaking her hip – because no ambulances were available to take her to hospital.She added that bringing together organisations involved in health and social care across the area, from hospitals, councils and other social care providers, will help reduce the number of bed-blockers in hospital and ensure that people do not end up queuing outside emergency departments when they shouldn’t be there in the first place.A spokesperson for RCHT said: “Our staff are doing everything they can to get patients into the emergency department; none of us want anyone to experience long waits in ambulances.We’re using our discharge lounge for those patients ready to leave hospital, to help us free up beds and ambulances as quickly as we can.“The local health and social care system remains under sustained pressure and we are working together to keep people safe and make sure they can get the right care in the place that’s most appropriate for their needs.” READ NEXT: * Problem pub has hours cut after dozens of complaints * Hundreds of families in Cornwall stuck in emergency accommodation * Wedding venue fails in bid to build larger functions building * Affordable housing development put on hold by councillors * Bid to provide more caravans for seasonal daffodil farm workers"