Thousands at risk as A&E queues stop NHS paramedics attending 999 calls
www.theguardian.com
Paramedics in England missing 117,000 urgent calls each month, as CQC warns of ‘worrying new status quo’

If you want something shorter - here's a tweet thread...

Ambulance took more than 30 mins to reach dying baby - 8 mins to answer the 999 call. From next week, 2 NHS ambulance trusts plan to downgrade some emergency calls as crisis deepens

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  • vertexarray [any]
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    2 years ago

    A purposeful, stochastic sacrifice to justify privatisation, which will inevitably kill even more

    • MolotovHalfEmpty [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Exactly this. It's an absolute shit show right now too. I can't get even a telephone appointment for more than 3 weeks. A friend works in mental health and says a local waiting list for talk therapy is now over a year. Another friend who works in the ambulance service said they got more than thirty simultaneous calls last week only two crews working.