Overdose calls may be getting too low priority for ambulances

By Alison Moore2020-06-15T05:44:00

Ambulance services have been urged to look at how suspected overdose and poisoning cases are prioritised after paramedics took 45 minutes to reach a woman with known mental health problems.

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