Shropshire ambulance calls fall despite rocketing across region
Calls to the ambulance service fell in Shropshire last night, despite the rest of the region seeing a 10 per cent increase due to Christmas festivities.
Last night calls from Shropshire were down four pc on the previous Saturday, while there were an extra 118 calls to West Midlands Ambulance Service across the region as a whole.
The increase in call outs is due to yesterday being the last Saturday before Christmas, combined with pay day for many, leading to more drink and drug related incidents.
Gold Commander for the evening, Nathan Hudson, said: "It was another hugely busy evening for our crews, but again, they were brilliant and provided a really high quality of service with rapid responses to cases.
"As you would expect we saw a wide range of alcohol related incidents, ranging from people who had fallen over as they couldn't stand up they were so drunk, to assaults, unconscious patients, and also drug related incidents from people who had taken so called 'legal highs'.
"Despite often difficult circumstances, staff remained professional and provided high levels of care. Please accept my thanks for the tremendous job that you have all done."
In Shropshire there were 88 calls last night compared to 92 last weekend.
West Midlands Ambulance Service received 1,270 calls between 8pm and 4am last night, compared to 1,152 for the same time span last week.
