A runaway alligator and other non-emergencies that hampered UK ambulance dispatchers
Ambulance services stretched thin in the U.K. are drawing attention to the non-emergency calls that are hampering their ...
‘999? I’ve chipped a tooth!’ – Welsh Ambulance Service urges against inappropriate calls from public
The service took a range of inappropriate calls in 2024 ranging from people chipping their teeth to those being locked out of ...
South Wales Argus on MSN3d
The strangest 999 calls received by the Welsh Ambulance Service
The Welsh Ambulance Service has shared some of the inappropriate 999 calls it received over the past year. They include a ...
‘I’ve broken my tooth’: Most bizarre calls to Welsh Ambulance Service revealed
Of the 426,116 calls to the ambulance service last year, 63,836 (15%) were not a life-or-death emergency – an average of 175 ...
Welsh Ambulance Service warning over inappropriate calls
THE Welsh Ambulance Service has revealed some of the shocking inappropriate calls that were made to 999 over the past year. Among them was someone who had chipped a tooth, someone whose pet alligator ...
Shropshire Star4d
'999? I’ve chipped a tooth!’ Inappropriate calls to Welsh Ambulance Service revealed
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 ...
London Evening Standard4d
‘I’ve broken my tooth’: Most bizarre calls to Welsh Ambulance Service revealed
Of the 426,116 calls to the ambulance service last year, 63,836 (15%) were not a life-or-death emergency – an average of 175 calls a day. On Monday, more than half of the Welsh Ambulance Service ...
The Independent4d
‘I’ve broken my tooth’: Most bizarre calls to Welsh Ambulance Service revealed
If you don’t need that time-critical intervention, it’s really important to apply common sense and make the right call Andy Swinburn, Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trust Andy Swinburn ...