The ambulance service working across the South East has asked for the public's support ahead of a busy festive period.

The number of 999 calls in London has risen over the past week, with London Ambulance Service (LAS) reporting its three busiest days of 2025 in a row. The service said the 20% increase included more ...

A dedicated team from the Welsh Ambulance Service is helping frequent 999 callers find suitable support. Frequent callers are those who repeatedly call 999, often due to complex health or social care ...

Male cancer patient called 999 in July 2024 with breathing difficulties and died alone during five-hour wait for WMAS ...

The London Ambulance Service (LAS) has urged people to only call 999 in a “life-threatening emergency”, after it received the same number of emergency calls on Thursday and Friday as a typical New ...

NHS 999 staff are quitting and suffering burnout caused by the “relentless pressure” of calls, according to new research. Figures obtained by Unison from ambulance services showed high turnover rates ...

The public are being urged to "think carefully before using 999" as the East of England Ambulance Service (EEAST) continues to face "extreme pressure". The service took almost 24,000 emergency calls ...

The public are being urged to "think carefully before calling 999" due to increasing pressure on the East of England Ambulance Service. In the week ending November 30, there were almost 24,000 calls ...

The Welsh Ambulance Service revealed some of the most ridiculous calls it received this year — including a woman who lost her voice, a person who had eaten too much kebab and another person who’d ...

The Welsh Ambulance Service is making more changes to the way it responds to 999 calls. From Tuesday, December 2, the Welsh Ambulance Service will implement a new five-tier system designed to improve ...

The North West Ambulance Service vehicle was on blue lights when it was involved in a crash on Eardswick Lane in Crewe, Cheshire, at about 20:30 GMT on Friday. No other vehicle was involved and the ...