Nearly half of 999 patients taken to A&E do not need hospital treatment, research has found. NHS data show about two million ...

The London Ambulance Service said that, between 2am and 3am on New Year’s Day 2024, a 999 call was received every 11 seconds. Sign Up and be kept in the loop each and every day with our free Daily ...

Ambulance services have seen a surge in 999 calls during the freezing weather gripping the UK, as paramedics brace for further demand with the arrival of Storm Goretti. Arctic air has plunged much of ...

The Welsh Ambulance Service said newly qualified paramedics would not be offered roles this year due to "financial and operational issues". Leah Matthews has been reunited with the teams who saved her ...

There are some things that ambulance call handlers cannot detect over the phone - and that's where Jackie Hatton-Bell comes in. She is one of 130 volunteers in Wales trained to attend the scene of 999 ...

A woman was taken to hospital following a smash between an ambulance and a car on a busy Potteries road. Police, firefighters, and additional paramedics were sent to Waterloo Road in Burslem where the ...

The government has announced measures to beef up the resilience of the UK’s 999 emergency call handling system. This comes nine months after communications regulator Ofcom launched an investigation ...