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

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

A set of lost keys and a bad nightmare were among needless 999 calls to the South West's ambulance service, bosses say. The ...

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

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Of the 426,116 calls to the ambulance service last year, 63,836 (15%) were not a life-or-death emergency – an average of 175 calls a day.