Lost house keys and ingrown toenail - inappropriate 999 ambulance calls revealed by service
The Welsh Ambulance Service has revealed some of the inappropriate calls made to 999 in the past year.
The Welsh Ambulance Service has revealed some of the inappropriate calls made to 999 in the past year.
The Welsh Ambulance Service has revealed some of the inappropriate calls made to 999 in the past year, diverting resources that could be used saving lives.
People are becoming frustrated with delays in getting through to Staffordshire Police via 101 which is leading them to call 999, the county's top cop has said.
Armed police went to a Shropshire village amid fears over a man's behaviour.
Drivers couldn't quite believe their eyes when they spotted what looked like a military shell on the M54.
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NHS bosses in Shropshire have asked people to only use 999 in a "medical or mental health emergency", during Wednesday's ambulance strike action.
Ambulance chiefs in the West Midlands have appealed to people to keep the 999 and 111 service for people who are critically unwell or where there is a threat to life.
Ambulance chiefs in the West Midlands have appealed to people to keep the 999 and 111 service for people who are critically unwell or where there is a threat to life.
Health leaders have urged the public to not to call 999 or attend A&E unless it’s a genuine emergency, as Shropshire's hospitals and care services creak under the strain of rising flu, Covid and staff sickness.
A quick-thinking victim of domestic assault has been praised by police for phoning 999 for a takeaway.
An West Midlands ambulance boss has apologised to patients who have endured “unacceptable” waiting times – saying that people would get a takeaway pizza delivered quicker than an emergency ambulance.
A coroner disagreed with a grieving daughter over the way her calls to the 999 service about her father's mental health had been handled.
A paramedic who asked a female patient to "send pictures if out clubbing" after they met on a 999 call has been handed a two-year caution order.
A paramedic who asked a female patient to "send pictures if out clubbing" after they met on a 999 call has been handed a two-year caution order.