Your ambulance service needs you

We need your help to ensure we can reach those who need us. That’s the message from North East Ambulance Service ahead of the weekend after an increase in 999 and 111 calls over the last three months. Calls have continued to increase over the last month, reaching some of the highest levels of the year over the past three weekends – as high as the Trust would usually expect to see only on New Year’s Eve. Simon Swallow, Strategic Head of Emergency Preparedness Resilience Response at NEAS, said: “We ...