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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Patrick Daly

More than 43,000 people dead by time ambulance arrived in 2022 – data

PA Wire

More than 43,000 people were declared dead by the time an ambulance arrived last year, according to statistics given to the Liberal Democrats.

The data, revealed following Freedom of Information (FOI) requests sent by the party to ambulance trusts in England, suggests an average of 120 people died per day before an ambulance reached them in 2022.

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