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'Hello, I need an ambulance. I've spilled my tea' - Inappropriate emergency calls highlighted in new campaign INAPPROPRIATE 999 enquiries - such as a split finger nail, spilt tea and a feral cat bite - have been highlighted as part…

Four people have been killed in a medevac helicopter crash in Kern County, California. Just before 7 p.m. local time Thursday, the Skylife H-4 helicopter left Porterville Airport with a critical patient who was being transferred to San…

Although many hospitals are making strides to reduce the holding of admitted patients in the emergency department, a practice known as “boarding,” many of the most crowded emergency departments in the United States still have not adopted…

More than 1,000 paramedics left the ambulance service between April 2014 and March 2015, compared to just 566 between 2010 and 2011.

In the early hours of 3 October, rockets slammed into a Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing at least 14 health workers and injuring 37.

The deaths of up to 25 patients have come under investigation following an NHS 111 scandal which saw ambulances delayed deliberately for patients with “life-threatening” conditions, a whistleblower told the Telegraph. Senior managers at…

FREQUENTIS system is officially handed over to operatives With an order value of EUR 8 million, the FDC (Fire Brigades Dispatch Center) project in Vietnam is the biggest fire brigade project the Vienna-based high-tech company has worked on…

There are 2800 no-go zones in Scotland, due to safety fears. This is the number of addresses where NHS ambulances can't go without police support.

Ambulance crews announce nationwide strike for today Paramedics across the Netherlands will hold their first-ever nationwide work stoppage on Wednesday, the FNV union announced on Tuesday. Ambulance crews will only respond to dispatch…

A new system for dealing with 999 calls for ambulance service in Wales has come into force.