Ambulance services stretched thin in the U.K. are drawing attention to the non-emergency calls that are hampering their ...

Ambulance services stretched thin in the U.K. are drawing attention to the non-emergency calls that are hampering their response times ...

I went, ‘That’s correct.’” The South Western Ambulance Service in England this week said more than a quarter of the one million-plus calls it fielded last year did not merit sending help.

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust says it lost 2,655 hours to handover delays at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital in December, partly caused by a ...

I went, ‘That’s correct.’” The South Western Ambulance Service in England this week said more than a quarter of the one million-plus calls it fielded last year did not merit sending help. The ...

I went, ‘That’s correct.’” The Welsh Ambulance Service isn't alone in publicizing the wacky calls they got last year. The South Western Ambulance Service in England this week said more ...

More than a quarter of the one million calls received by the NHS's South Western Ambulance Service Trust (SWAST) received in 2024 did not require an ambulance. Other time-wasting calls were made ...