Frontline ambulance cover in Northern Ireland could be cut by 70,000 hours under new plan

Ambulance staff are aiming to respond quicker to emergencies – by using push bikes

Nearly half of Englands ambulance trusts are taking too long to respond to life-threatening emergencies

South Central Ambulance Service must address “serious concerns” among the public over response times that are not hitting national targets

Great Western Ambulance Service has teamed up with Tesco to cut response times.An ambulance crew is now permanently based at the supermarket in Brockworth to serve 999 callers on the east of Gloucester

A chief constable has said he fears an injured person will die in the back of a police car heading for hospital due to poor ambulance response times

The Scottish Ambulance Service said there had been 334 collisions – 67 of them during 999 missions

Ambulance call out times are still not good enough in South Gloucestershire and the local authority is calling for action

When responding to 999 calls, emergency services say they are all too often hampered because so many farms and houses don’t have names or numbers on them

When you dial 999 for an ambulance are you absolutely clear on who will walk through your door? It could be an ambulance crew or one of a growing number of ‘First Responders’ – community volunteers trained in basic first aid