A man was told he would have died if his wife hadn't driven him to hospital after waiting eight hours for an ambulance.
Darryl Wilson, 54, had been experiencing chest pains and a shortness of breath when his wife Debbie called an ambulance at 10.07pm.
After waiting eight hours, during which time she made another eight frantic 999 calls, Debbie decided to drive her husband the 20 minute journey to Royal Stoke Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent herself.
