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

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THE Welsh Ambulance Service reminded residents to use common sense when picking up the phone for medical assistance.

A ward team at Good Hope Hospital dialled 999 for an ambulance to move Brian Dunne, 83, 400 metres to the A&E department for ...

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

Jonathan Edwards, Assistant Director of Operations for Resourcing & EMS Coordination at WAST, said: “Moving the 999 contact centre to the Trust’s headquarters in North Wales is the latest phase of a ...

An escaped pet alligator, a chipped tooth and a finger stuck in a beer bottle were just some of the bizarre 999 calls made to the Welsh Ambulance Service in the past year. Of the 426,116 calls to ...

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

The SWAST said it manages roughly 2,560 incidents a day, rising to over 3,000 on busy days. The service covers Bristol, ...

However, one person wanted an ambulance because they were locked out of their house, while another called 999 for a toenail cutting mishap. The trust has released the transcripts of some of the ...

A hospital phoned for an ambulance so an elderly patient could be driven 400m to A&E to have a catheter replaced, says his daughter. Staff called 999, before paramedics arrived to transfer Brian ...