Welsh ambulance chief urges New Year’s Eve revellers to drink less

Ambulances outside A&E at University hospital Wales in Cardiff. The critical incident was declared on Monday evening at a point when about 350 emergency calls were waiting to be answered. Photograph: Huw Fairclough/Getty Images

The chief executive of the Welsh ambulance service has urged New Year’s Eve revellers to drink in moderation and eat before they begin partying to help it cope with an ongoing “critical incident”.

Jason Killens admitted people may already have come to harm because of delays in paramedics reaching them and said the crisis was likely to continue for the rest of Tuesday and into Wednesday.