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Ambulance services at brink of major incident
The Ambulance service in South West England said it was close to declaring a “major incident” status over the weekend.
The South Western Ambulance Service Foundation Trust, which provides ambulances in Bristol and across the South West, said demand on the service had been “extremely high” on its 999 and non-emergency 111 numbers.
The service said it went on standby to declare a major incident on Saturday. A major incident is defined as something which may disrupt services or require special arrangements to be implemented by health staff.
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The Trust believes much of the increase was because other health providers, such as GP surgeries, closed over the four-day holiday period.
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