A Channel 4 documentary - ‘999 Undercover: NHS in Crisis’ - is due to air today, October 13, at 8pm. It was filmed covertly ...

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 ...

Our ambulance service is in crisis - and we need action now. BirminghamLive and the Birmingham Mail has launched a new campaign to draw attention to rising waiting times which are claiming lives in ...

A MAN  has been arrested on suspicion of being verbally abusive during phone calls to Cheshire Police and North West Ambulance Service.

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 ...

A new regional health boss has pledged to work with ambulance, hospital and social care services to avert a feared 'meltdown' in urgent care across Birmingham and the West Midlands. He reacted to a ...

Elaine Parker-Boyd will never forget the moment she and her teenage son arrived at her ex-husband's flat, only to be met by police officers. They were given the heartbreaking news that he had ...

Some patients who ring 999 for an ambulance will be told to seek alternative treatment unless their condition is life-threatening. The BBC reported that NHS England wants calls reviewed so those ...

A hospital phoned for an ambulance so an elderly patient could be driven 400m to A&E to have a catheter replaced, says his ...

Man dials 999 for an ambulance to carry out a DNA test on his 'cheating' partner A man demanded an ambulance be sent to his home to carry out a DNA test because his partner 'cheated' on him. North ...

A woman was taken to hospital following a smash between an ambulance and a car on a busy Potteries road. Police, firefighters, and additional paramedics were sent to Waterloo Road in Burslem where the ...