A hospital phoned for an ambulance so an elderly patient could be driven 400m to A&E to have a catheter replaced, says his ...

An escaped alligator was among 63,836 non-life or death emergency calls in Wales during 2024 An escaped pet alligator, a chipped tooth and a finger stuck in a beer bottle were just some of the bizarre ...

Hopefully, none of you reading this have ever had the misfortune to require calling 999 to request an emergency ambulance. Despite this, the service does receive a significant number of calls. What is ...

Workers at a Birmingham hospital dialled 999 so an ambulance could move a patient 400 metres on the same site. Sally Sippitts, 59, reacted with anger and amazement after a employee based at Good Hope ...

Our ambulance service is in crisis - and we need action now. BirminghamLive and the Birmingham Mail has launched a new campaign to draw attention to rising waiting times which are claiming lives in ...

CALLING 999 for an ambulance can be one of the most stressful situations you can find yourself in, and many will often find themselves unsure of what to do next while waiting for emergency services.

Communication problems affect more than a quarter of emergency ambulance calls, finds a study in this week's BMJ. A sample of 999 calls received by West Midlands Ambulance Service and Derbyshire ...

AMBULANCE staff are urging people to ‘Choose Well’ when dialling 999 in the wake of increased call-out times. The Lancashire Telegraph revealed on Monday ambulances were taking more than 20 per cent ...

Ambulance bosses are again appealing for people in the Bradford district to use the emergency service wisely as they continue to receive record numbers of 999 calls from people across the region.

An escaped pet alligator, a chipped tooth and a finger stuck in a beer bottle were just some of the bizarre 999 calls made to the Welsh Ambulance Service in the past year. Of the 426,116 calls to the ...