Welsh Ambulance Service declares ‘very rare’ critical incident due to high demand

The Welsh Ambulance Service has declared a “very rare” critical incident because of significantly increased demand across the 999 service and close to 100 ambulances waiting to handover patients outside hospitals - (Alamy/PA)

The Welsh Ambulance Service has declared a “very rare” critical incident because of significantly increased demand across the 999 service and almost 100 ambulances waiting to hand over patients outside hospitals.

More than 340 calls were waiting to be answered across Wales at the time the critical incident was declared by the Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust on Monday night.