The grieving brother of a York man said he was “shocked” and “angry” after the 999 operator who failed to send him an ambulance avoided being struck off. Retired hotel manager John Barker, of Acomb, rang 999 in severe pain, but Yorkshire Ambulance Service nurse Alan Thomas Haugh overrode a computer system which would have [...]

One of the Yorkshire Ambulance Service paramedics was found guilty of misconduct for not making sufficient attempts to resuscitate the youngster. No inquest was held into her death, but now the Doncaster Coroner, Nicola Mundy, has decided there should be one. A preliminary hearing will be held in February when a date will be fixed [...]

Ambulance bosses have defended claims that patients lives’ are being put at risk because of overstretched staff. According to a paramedic working in Hull for Yorkshire Ambulance Service, staff are stretched to the limit, often working 12 hour shifts and sometimes up to 13 or 14 hours, without a meal break. He claimed over Christmas [...]

A new inquest into the death of a seven-year-old girl is to be opened as a result of a Sky News investigation into NHS secrecy over the deaths of 999 patients. The Doncaster Coroner will hold the inquiry later this year into the death of Izabelle Easen, who was poorly treated by a paramedic employed [...]

An East Yorkshire paramedic has claimed patients’ lives are being put at risk due to long shifts and a shortage of staff. The anonymous staff member also claimed that local crews were being sent elsewhere in the region to help those areas meet response targets. Yorkshire Ambulance Service said the service was not over stretched [...]

The head of Yorkshire Ambulance Service has warned there is much to do if the trust is to achieve foundation status in 12 months. Chief executive David Whiting said his staff had reason to be proud after an eventful 2011 in which the service successfully fought off criticism for the amount of written complaints it [...]

Yorkshire Ambulance Service has proved it is one of the greenest around by winning an award for its environmentally-friendly work. It received the Leadership Award at the Energy Saving Trust Fleet Hero 2011 Awards in London which highlight organisations that are reducing their carbon footprints and lowering their fuel bills. The judges chose Yorkshire Ambulance [...]

A TROUBLESOME contact lens and a case of toothache are two recent examples of people inappropriately dialling 999, according to Yorkshire Ambulance Service. As emergency services and hospitals brace themselves for a significant increase in 999 calls over Christmas and New Year, ambulance bosses have urged people with minor illnesses and injuries to consider more [...]

An NHS trust has suspended cycling paramedic services in three Yorkshire cities. The Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust has taken the Lifecyle quick response service off the road in Hull, Leeds and Sheffield. The service is still in operation in Harrogate and York. The trust’s Paul Mudd said: “We’ve re-seconded the staff back on to [...]

A retired hotel manager who was refused an ambulance when he dialled 999 was found dead when police broke into his home the next day