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The Latest Breaking News from NWAS

Urgent warning with over 600 people stuck waiting for ambulances tonight

More than 600 patients are waiting for ambulances tonight

Manchester Evening News

Killer sobs as she's found guilty of murdering 'drinking partner' pushed down stairs

Adrian Swift told a 999 call he'd been 'battered s***less' with baseball bat by Cheryl O'Callaghan

Liverpool Echo

NWAS issues urgent warning as people in Manchester 'posing as ambulance staff'

"Please note these people are not North West Ambulance Service staff"

Manchester Evening News

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Warning over scammers posing as ambulance crew during strike

An ambulance service has urged people to be aware of scammers trying to con people

Wales Online

Ambulance service warns of scammers pretending to be striking paramedics

NWAS said the fraudsters are pretending to be ambulance service staff asking people for donations to cover wages lost due to strike action.

The Independent UK

Government brands ambulance performance 'clearly unacceptable' as desperate paramedics overwhelmed

North West Ambulance Service chiefs have apologised for the delays patients across Greater Manchester have been facing

Manchester Evening News

Warning as hospital delays leave hundreds of ambulance patients stranded

North West Ambulance Service bosses issued urgent messages earlier this week to keep phone lines clear for the most serious cases

Liverpool Echo

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The NHS is being overwhelmed - and this is a moment to be angry - staff and patients are facing a terrifying situation

As patients languished in hospital beds, more than 100 ambulances queued outside hospitals on Monday night. Yet our government has made no mention of it.

Manchester Evening News

Paramedics plead for help as a shattered ambulance service under terrifying pressure is overwhelmed

SPECIAL REPORT: Hundreds of patients are still waiting for ambulances, hundreds of vehicles are stuck outside hospitals, unable to get back out onto the road.

Manchester Evening News

Hundreds of patients still waiting for help even after ambulance service's desperate plea

There are still some 300 emergency calls waiting to be taken in the North West, more than 300 patients waiting for an ambulance, and over 40 emergency vehicles suffering 'substantial waits' to handover patients to hospital medics

Manchester Evening News

NWAS 'establishing current position' after 600 patients wait for help and 100 ambulances queue outside hospitals in urgent warning

Bosses pleaded with members of the public last night to only call 999 in an absolute emergency

Manchester Evening News

100 ambulances were left waiting outside hospitals with 600 patients stranded without help last night

At 5pm last night, more than 600 patients were waiting for an ambulance in the North West - while 100 emergency vehicles were waiting outside hospitals

Manchester Evening News

Coroner slams eight-hour response to 999 call about woman who was found dead

An inquest into the death of Angeline Phillips was told at one point last Autumn it was taking officers an average of over 17 HOURS to respond to some calls

Manchester Evening News

Seriously ill patients waiting for ambulances, queues outside hospitals, and now strikes - paramedics tell us why they are walking out

SPECIAL REPORT: Paramedics know they will face criticism for striking as the NHS heads into a difficult winter, but patient safety will only continue to decline if nothing is done, they tell the M.E.N.

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Paramedics 'facing constant dilemma' as 'gridlocked' NHS buckles under pressure

A North West paramedic has spoken out

Liverpool Echo

'Horrendous' decision paramedics face every day

"I don't know how something awful hasn't happened"

Liverpool Echo

First picture of woman accused of murdering flatmate by pushing him down stairs

The three flatmates claimed Adrian Swift drowned in bath after he told 999 call he had been 'battered s***less'

Liverpool Echo

Dying man said he was "battered s***less' in final 999 call

Murder trial hears Cheryl O'Callaghan beat Adrian Swift with a bat and pushed him down the stairs

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Manchester Evening News

'Sorry doesn't cut it': Inside the 999 chaos infuriating Manchester Arena families - and what's changed since

The brother of Lisa Lees criticised the 'systemic failure' at the heart of the atrocity

The Guardian - UK

Burnham: poor leadership left Manchester emergency crews unready for attack

Greater Manchester mayor says report into 2017 atrocity raises serious questions for whole of UK

Wales Online

OAP with 'agonising' hip pain endured six-hour ambulance wait and also suffered silent heart attack

'When paramedics arrived, they told me they had never given someone so much morphine which I think shows the seriousness of it all'

Manchester Evening News

'We are truly sorry': Emergency services accept individual and collective errors on horrendous night of arena attack

The head of Greater Manchester's fire service said he was 'ashamed' of their response

Manchester Evening News

Six emergency services officers in charge on the night of the arena bombing - and the mistakes they made

The Manchester Arena bombing inquiry has pointed out six key people involved in the response on the night

Liverpool Echo

Pensioner 'screamed in pain' on floor for six hours as she waited for ambulance

She was left laying on her bedroom floor in agony

Liverpool Echo

Manchester Arena terror attack victim could have survived, report finds

Inquiry chair says inadequacies in emergency response were 'likely' to have prevented John Atkinson's survival

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