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Jul 2021
'Critically busy' Yorkshire Ambulance Service: 'Only call in emergencies'
Yorkshire Ambulance Service said today it was critically busy and urged people only to call in the most serious circumstances.
Nick Smith, executive director of operations at Yorkshire Ambulance Service, said in a series of tweets:
Elliott Carter, a 999 emergency medical dispatcher in the emergency operations centre for Yorkshire Ambulance Service, asked people to consider making their own way to emergency departments.
https://twitter.com/YAS_ElliottC/status/1411682757915385862
Yorkshire Ambulance Service tweeted that it was "extremely busy this afternoon" and added the NHS Health A to Z was a good resource for information and advice on health conditions and how to get help.
It asked people to "use our services wisely", adding.
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