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Sami Quadri

Ambulance calls almost double but paramedics ‘leaving in droves’

A total of 7,034 patients were in hospital as of 8am on May 11, down 21% week-on-week, according to NHS England (Jacob King/PA)

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The number of ambulance calls in England have almost doubled since 2010 while paramedics are “leaving in the droves”, figures show.

Data from the GMB union revealed that there were 7.9 million calls from 2010 to 2011. However, this figure rose to 14 million by 2021 to 2022 – an increase of 77 per cent.

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