The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has declared its highest alert level due to "a huge spike in demand". It received almost 24,000 999 calls in the week ending 30 November, rising by nearly 3,000 on the previous seven days.

Ambulance service bosses have apologised after a stricken patient was left lying on a pavement in the pouring rain for more than three hours. Passers-by called 999 at 5.02pm on Friday 5 December after the woman fell on Grange Lane, in Wolstanton, before sheltering her from the elements with an umbrella and sheets.

Another 10,000 ambulance workers have voted to strike as GMB joins the string of unions announcing NHS winter walk-outs. Paramedics, emergency care assistants and 999 call handlers are among staff at nine trusts in England and Wales who will take action.

Medical students have been volunteering to support the NHS by joining ambulance crews on the front line. The Community First Responder scheme in Coventry is allowing students to put on their paramedic uniforms to respond to 999 calls, with supervision from senior staff.

Thousands of ambulance workers and other NHS staff members will be going on strike in a dispute over pay. The strike will take place on Wednesday, December 21, and will see more than 10,000 ambulance workers take part across England and Wales accusing the ...

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The NHS says people should use services "wisely" and only call 999 in a life-threatening emergency as about 20,000 ambulance workers walk out in England and Wales NHS Providers, which represents health trusts, says it is "too early" to judge the impact of ...

The NHS is spending £400,000 a day on private ambulances and taxis to plug gaps in emergency care. The biggest industrial action in health service history begins on Monday with paramedics, nurses and midwives all walking out in a dispute over salaries and ...

The North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) has received £46,250 from NHS Charities Together to launch a Neurodiversity Wellbeing Project.

The number of people in hospital with flu remains at a record level for this time of year.