Yorkshire Ambulance Service declares major incident as it warns service is 'critically busy'
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YAS tweeted this afternoon: "We are extremely busy this afternoon. Please only call us in a life-threatening situation."
Nick Smith Executive Director of Operations, said: "We are asking members of the public to only call us in a serious or life-threatening emergency to help us focus our efforts on our most poorly patients.
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Hide Ad"We are currently experiencing extremely high demand and this is having a severe impact on our operations. We are implementing a number of actions in order to protect our core services for patients and respond to the ongoing demand."
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"Our dedicated staff are working extremely hard to reach patients as quickly and safely as possible."
Elliot Carter, a YAS medical dispatcher, tweeted: "We are CRITICALLY BUSY at present. Please do only call us for immediate life saving help. Do consider, if safe to do so - making your own way to the Emergency Department. This enables us to send our Ambulances to people who desperately need them."