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London Ambulance Service among paramedics that will strike on March 8

It comes after nursing strikes scheduled for next week were paused as union officials hold talks with the Government

Evening Standard

‘Totally wrong’: London Ambulance lagging behind on diversity and must improve, bosses warned

LAS is ‘at only 20 per cent diverse workforce. In a city where 50 per cent of people are not white British, that feels totally wrong,’ its own CEO said.

The Independent UK

Woman whose heart stopped for 30 minutes reveals biggest disappointment after waking up

Louise Higgs, 59, went into cardiac arrest at her home in Angel, north London, and spent ‘hours at the very edge of life’

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Woman whose heart stopped for 28 minutes heaps praise on ambulance crew who saved her life

Louise Higgs was saved by paramedics who performed CPR on her after she went into cardiac arrest

Dublin Live

Arsenal fan thanks London paramedics who saved her life when her heart stopped for 28 minutes

Louise Higgs, 59, went into cardiac arrest in August 2022 at her home in Angel while getting ready to attend an Arsenal game

Evening Standard

London Ambulance Service sorry after seriously-injured cyclist waits more than an hour for ambulance

The man, in his 40s, was left in the care of police officers

Evening Standard

Council shuts second pop-up urinal after worker crushed to death in the West End

Westminster City Council said it is temporarily shutting down the second of its UriLift toilets on Villiers Street as a “precautionary measure”

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Man crushed by telescopic urinal in London

Ambulance crews, an air ambulance and firefighters were sent to the scene at Cambridge Circus.

The Independent UK

Plea to ‘save lives’ by only calling 999 in an emergency during ambulance strike

London Ambulance Service chief excutive says only ‘life and limb threatening’ calls will be responded to during walkout

Evening Standard

Mum died after ambulance took two hours to arrive despite daughter calling 999 four times

Victoria Louisa Maame Yamphet had a cardiac arrest but it is claimed the ambulance took almost two hours to reach her home and a taxi was being sent because of the ambulance delay

Daily Mirror

Chislehurst: Body of woman, 46, found on street in leafy suburb

Police are investigating after a woman was found lying dead outside on a quiet, leafy road in south-east London.

Evening Standard

Man dies after collapsing at PureGym in Ilford

Paramedics administered CPR but the man was later pronounced dead

Evening Standard

London Ambulance calls drop by nearly a quarter during paramedics’ strike

The volume of calls to the London Ambulance Service dropped by nearly a quarter during paramedics’ strikes on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Plea to only call 999 with life and limb emergencies during ambulance strike

London Ambulance Service aims to be able to respond ‘as normal’ to calls about strokes and heart attacks despite industrial action.

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Evening Standard

The Standard View: Don’t call 999 unless you really need to

TOMORROW, London ambulance staff are set to go on strike for the second time since December. Accordingly, the plea from the head of the London Ambulance Service, Daniel Elkeles, is that we should only call an ambulance in a “life or limb-threatening emergency”. That is sensible advice. Indeed, most of…

Daily Mirror

Woman in her 20s dies in New Year's Day house fire horror as blaze tears through building

Officers from the Met Police are investigating after a woman, believed to be in her 20s, was killed in a house fire on New Year's Day as other residents were evacuated

The Independent UK

Murder probe launched as man, 29, dies after being stabbed in heart in London park

Despite the efforts of London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance, he was pronounced dead at the scene

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Man, 29, dies after being stabbed in heart in London park

Despite the efforts of London Ambulance Service and London’s Air Ambulance, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Evening Standard

London Ambulance Service expecting 45% more calls than normal on New Year’s Eve

Paramedics urge Londoners to celebrate the New Year safely as service faces unprecedented demand

Daily Mirror

Full list of NHS Trusts to declare critical incidents amid 'unprecedented pressure'

Hospital and ambulance trusts up and down the country have been declaring 'critical incidents' as pressure mounts amid a mass walkout from ambulance workers today

Evening Standard

London braces for 12-hour ambulance strike on already stretched service

Eleventh-hour talks to avert the industrial action have failed

Evening Standard

London paramedics ‘spending entire shift with patients waiting in A&E’

Head of London Ambulance Service warns handover delays are having devastating impact on morale

Evening Standard

Pregnant women warned not to rely on ambulance help during strike

Expectant mothers who go into labour during Wednesday’s paramedics strike should make their own way to hospital as there will be “no guarantee” paramedics will be able to reach them at home, London health trusts have warned.

Daily Mirror

London Ambulance Service 'extremely busy' and to focus on most sick as incident declared

London Ambulance Service has said it is "extremely busy" and has put in place a "Business Continuity Incident" which means that it will be focusing on the most sick and severely injured

Evening Standard

Ill Londoners not at risk of dying ‘should make own way to hospital on ambulance strike day’

People without a life-threatening condition are ‘unlikely to get an ambulance’ during the action, according to the London Ambulance Service

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