London London Ambulance Service News

240 frontline staff are to be employed by The London Ambulance Service thanks to additional funding.

The service will receive an extra £7.1 million this year to help improve levels of care to patients.

This investment will help us ensure more staff are available to respond to 999 calls at a time when demand on our Service continues to rise.

Whilst we have been providing a good service to patients with life-threatening illnesses and injuries, increased demand has meant not everyone is getting the level of care they should from us, and many are waiting too long for our help. We know this needs to change, and that is backed up by what our patients and staff are telling us.

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• London Ambulance Service

The London Ambulance Service has seen a 30 percent increase in calls to those who've slipped or tripped - because of ice.

They have put their staff on high alert to make sure they can cope with the extra pressure.

Martin Stew joined them for the afternoon.

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• London Ambulance Service

Detectives are hunting three killers who stole their victim's car after stabbing him to death.

Darryl McClymont, who was 23, died in Isleworth in west London.

Police were called after the victim was stabbed in Ferney Meade Way.

Officers and London Ambulance Service attended but Mr McClymont was pronounced dead at the scene.

A post-mortem examination took place at Fulham Mortuary and confirmed the cause of death as a stab wound.

Next of kin have been informed.

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• Isleworth
• London Ambulance Service

The London Ambulance Service says it expects its 999-call computer system to be back up and running "in the next hour or two."

A spokesman said that the technical issue had been identified and that they were now bringing the system live again.

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• London Ambulance Service

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said:

“We carried out planned testing of our call answering system overnight but due to a technical issue we have been unable to switch back the system as normal, and are currently recording and allocating calls manually.

“Our staff are trained to operate the 999 system manually and we are continuing to prioritise our response to patients with a life threatening condition using the same assessment process as usual.

“Engineers are looking into this and will resolve the issue as soon as possible.”

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• London Ambulance Service

The capital's 999 operators have been forced to resort to pen and paper to record emergency calls, after their computer system failed.

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• London Ambulance Service