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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Aisha Rimi

Taxis could take 999 patients to hospital during ambulance strikes, health minister says

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Patients could be taken to hospital by taxi during next week’s ambulance strike, a health minister said.

Speaking in the Commons today, Will Quince said emergency vehicles would be used for the most urgent 999 calls, such as heart attacks and strokes, as thousands of paramedics strike on 21 and 28 December, but other transport could be used for less-urgent call-outs.

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