London Ambulance Service sees busiest day since pandemic with roughly one emergency call every 11 seconds

Health chiefs have urged Londoners to only call 999 in an emergency after paramedics experience their busiest day since the pandemic.

Call handlers for the London Ambulance Service received 8,121 emergency calls on Tuesday, around five every minute or one every 11 seconds, marking a 38 per cent increase on the 5,874 calls recorded on the same day the previous week.