A crime Britain believed it had conquered decades ago has returned in a frightening new guise – with overwhelmed police forces struggling to keep pace. Organised gangs are using stolen vans, 4x4s, motorbikes and even heavy construction machinery to smash into shops, supermarkets, banks and jewellers across the UK in brute force ram-raids. Once dismissed as aContinue reading “Rise Of The Ram Raiders”
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NHS Plan To Open ‘Calm And Welcoming’ Mental Health A&Es Across England
The NHS is planning to open a network of ‘calm and welcoming’ mental health A&Es across England to treat patients who are in crisis. The specialist units will be offered around-the-clock care to ease pressure on already overcrowded hospitals and emergency services. About 250,000 people went to A&E last year due to a mental health crisis – withContinue reading “NHS Plan To Open ‘Calm And Welcoming’ Mental Health A&Es Across England”
Patients Who Call 999 For Heart Attacks Or Strokes Are Told To Get To A&E
Due to increased demand, people who contact 999 because they are experiencing a heart attack or stroke are being urged to travel to the hospital on their own. The West Midlands Ambulance Service, which said last week that it was under ‘severe pressure’, confirmed a change to the script used by its 999 call handlersContinue reading “Patients Who Call 999 For Heart Attacks Or Strokes Are Told To Get To A&E”
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