Ambulance services stretched thin in the U.K. are drawing attention to the non-emergency calls that are hampering their ...

The service took a range of inappropriate calls in 2024 ranging from people chipping their teeth to those being locked out of ...

Other people dialled 999 for a tight bracelet, a finger stuck in a beer bottle and toe nail mishap.

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 ...

The Welsh Ambulance Service has shared some of the inappropriate 999 calls it received over the past year. They include a ...

Peter Towndrow fell ill on the night of 4 December, but despite his wife Caroline calling an ambulance at 06:00 GMT the next ...

A large-scale emergency services rescue operation was launched in the Gower community and the road remained closed this ...

The Welsh ambulance service have revealed they have received a 999 call from a person whose pet alligator escaped. The call was one of many inappropriate calls revealed by the service which have been ...

It comes as the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) warns that UK ambulance services are on course to report the “highest ever rate of violent, aggressive and abusi ...

Joanne Jones, an emergency ambulance practitioner at the Welsh Ambulance Service based in Denbigh, was headbutted twice by Bradley Roberts on July 6, 2023, which also left her with a bloodied nose.

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 ...