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Dec272020 by adminNo Comments

Covid-19: London Ambulance Service receives as many 999 calls as first wave

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Apr82020 by adminNo Comments

Coronavirus: Ambulance staff ‘feeling unprotected’

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Ambulance staff are being put at risk by a lack of protective equipment to guard them against coronavirus, according to a trade union. GMB says its members are "scared" about their own safety and their families.The union claims one in five ambulance staff in London are off sick with coronavirus-related sickness. The government says hundreds of millions of protective items have been delivered to NHS staff around the country.According to the GMB Union, 679 frontline ambulance crew in the London Ambulance Service are off sick due to Covid-19-related sickness. Among those at work, some say they feel unprotected either because of a lack of or inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE). Paul Turner is a union representative who has...

Feb172020 by adminNo Comments

Ambulance called to Caroline Flack’s house day before her death

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An ambulance was called to Caroline Flack's home the day before she took her own life.It is understood paramedics attended Flack's flat in east London at 10.30pm on Valentine's Day. A London Ambulance Service spokesman said: "We were called shortly after 22:30 on 14 February to a residential property on Northwold Road, N16."Crews attended and, following a clinical assessment, the person was not taken to hospital. Due to patient confidentiality we cannot comment further." Image: Laura Whitmore and Caroline Flack pictured in January last year The former Love Island presenter, 40, was found dead on Saturday, the day after the ambulance crew attended her flat. ...

Mar62019 by adminNo Comments

How fast is the ambulance service where you live?

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Critically injured patients in rural areas are at risk due to the time it takes the ambulance service to reach them, a BBC investigation has found. Some rural communities wait more than 20 minutes on average for 999 crews or trained members of the community to reach life-threatening cases such as cardiac arrests and stab victims.A response should come in six to eight minutes, depending on where you live.Experts said delays could make the difference between life and death.This was particularly the case for cardiac arrests where "every second counts", the British Heart Foundation (BHF) said. For the full interactive experience, please update your browser or enable JavaScript. Urgent ambulance response times ...

Feb62019 by adminNo Comments

Son's 200-mile London-Devon journey beats ambulance

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A man who travelled nearly 200 miles to reach his injured mother arrived before an ambulance reached her.Mark Clements caught a bus, tube and two trains from London to Exmouth, Devon on Saturday after his 77-year-old mother fell and broke her hip.The initial 999 call was made at 09:00 GMT but paramedics did not arrive until seven hours later.South Western Ambulance Service apologised and said it was experiencing "an unprecedented rise in demand".Mr Clements said he and his family - some of whom were waiting with his mother - were "appalled" by what happened."My mother was lying in an awkward position on a cold conservatory floor and was unable to move," he said. Mr Clements took three hours and 4...