A presentation on East Midlands Ambulance Service’s bid to gain foundation trust status got a mixed response from councillors

A coroner has labelled the ambulance service system ‘daft’ following the death of a pensioner

A woman endured a night of excruciating pain after shattering her leg in a fall – because an ambulance did not come for six-and-a-half hours

Paramedics needed hospital treatment after they were involved in a collision while en route to an emergency call

Ambulance bosses failed to keep a promise to allow paramedics more flexibility over where to take patients for treatment

A policeman was cut out of his car after a high-speed collision with an ambulance on its way to an emergency in Hampstead

A new non-emergency NHS number could be introduced across England, it has been announced. The Department of Health said the number would provide an alternative to 999 in cases where people do not need to go to A&E

Alcohol-related falls and minor injuries are one of the most common reasons for paramedics to be called out at weekends – and sometimes an ambulance is not needed

Nottingham’s first emergency facility for people found to be mentally ill in a public place is set to open this summer

Suffolk’s need for its own specialist heart attack centre was shown when a heart attack victim died during a rush for treatment last week, it emerged