However, one person wanted an ambulance because they were locked out of their house, while another called 999 for a toenail cutting mishap. The trust has released the transcripts of some of the ...

A hospital phoned for an ambulance so an elderly patient could be driven 400m to A&E to have a catheter replaced, says his daughter. Staff called 999, before paramedics arrived to transfer Brian ...

Birmingham hospital staff dialled 999 so an ambulance could move a patient 400 metres on the same site. Sally Sippitts, 59, reacted with anger and amazement after a worker at Good Hope Hospital in ...

People in Jersey should not call 999 unless immediate medical assistance is needed, the ambulance service says. The service said its officers were under pressure with a high volume of calls and ...

Workers at a Birmingham hospital dialled 999 so an ambulance could move a patient 400 metres on the same site. Sally Sippitts, 59, reacted with anger and amazement after a employee based at Good ...

One person wanted an ambulance because they were locked out of their house, while another called 999 for a toenail cutting mishap. Of the 426,116 calls to the ambulance service last year ...

The Welsh Ambulance Service has shared some of the inappropriate 999 calls it received over the past year. They include a call from someone who had chipped a tooth, someone whose pet alligator had ...

Credit: PA Images The Welsh Ambulance Service has revealed some of the calls it's had to deal with in the past year including people who have called 999 about a 'chipped tooth' and someone whose ...

Jan. 29 (UPI) --The Welsh Ambulance Service said some of the most "inappropriate" calls to its 999 emergency number in the past year include a finger stuck in a beer bottle and a person whose pet ...

but it's essential to keep 999 available for those who are facing the most critical emergencies," he said. In 2023, the South West had some of the longest ambulance handover times in England ...