Ambulance service call handlers have described how they dealt with "unprecedented" numbers of 999 calls, equivalent to filling 300 double-decker buses. South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) ...

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 ...

The Welsh Ambulance Service has revealed some of the non-emergency calls made to 999 in the past year Among them was someone with a sore throat, someone with a wobbly tooth and someone with ointment ...

Volunteer paramedic Emily Hilton was assessing a man who had fallen on a busy road when he sexually assaulted her.

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 ...

One person called 999 because they had accidentally swallowed mouthwash, while another called with a fishing hook in their ...

Ambulance handover times have improved at Sheffield and South Yorkshire hospitals, meaning 999 teams can head more quickly to the next emergency. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, ...