Ambulance delays during power cut possibly contributed to man’s death, coroner rules

Coates lived only a few minutes’ drive away from the ambulance station that first tried to send a vehicle Photograph: Family handout

A family has welcomed a coroner’s conclusion that ambulance delays possibly contributed to a man’s death in 2019 after enduring “years of distress trying to pursue answers”.

The family of Peter Coates said they had been met with “delays and resistance” from a regional ambulance service as they tried to discover the full circumstances of his final minutes.