Inga Rublite inquest: hospital missed two chances to treat woman dying in A&E
The correct response to a disaster like Covid is to plan for the next one. I don’t see Britain doing it
Lucy Easthope
BT fined more than £17m over ‘catastrophic’ 999 call failure
Experience
Experience: I’m an 81-year-old crash‑test dummy
Cornish ‘tin tabernacle’ church linked to 1907 sea rescue given listed status
Factory burns in Melbourne's west after chemical explosion – video
June 2024
NHS in summer crisis of emergency care waits, doctors say
Royal College of Emergency Medicine raises alarm over ‘entirely preventable’ deaths, as elderly people bear brunt
Emergency services in Massachusetts restored after statewide 911 outage
Number of people affected unclear after disruption made it impossible to reach emergency services through number
NSW man ordered to stop providing health services without qualifications
Andreas Pantziaros given prohibition order from NSW Health Care Complaints Commission after purporting to be a paramedic
May 2024
The dirt files
‘A lot of asbestos in the streets’: WA declares ‘hazmat emergency’ after tornado hits Bunbury
NSW weather: Warragamba dam spills over as heavy rainfall warning issued for south coast
Mayday Stinky Bay: places’ nicknames added to UK database to help rescuers
Coroner issues warning over year-round ambulance delays in England
April 2024
Lancashire town locked down ‘after grenade donated to heritage centre’
Emergency services cordon off large area of Darwen while army bomb disposal unit removes and destroys grenade
Firefighters free husky puppy's head from a chair – video
Emergency services in NSW used an industrial cutting tool to free a 14-month old husky from a chair
Jammed 999 lines and not enough ambulances to go round: come see the sharp end of this NHS crisis
Polly Toynbee
At an ambulance dispatch centre in Kent, I saw the sheer scale of the task that lies ahead of Labour to restore the nation’s health, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
March 2024
More than 9,000 callers to 999 unable to get through in June outage, report finds
Tropical Cyclone Megan intensifies to a category-three storm as it bears down on Northern Territory and Queensland
Fire Brigades Union warns anti-strike laws will put public safety at risk
Elizabeth Emblem to honour UK public workers who die in line of duty
