LONDON (AP) — Thousands of patients each week are being stranded for long stretches in ambulances outside overflowing British hospitals, a growing crisis that has likely contributed to scores of deaths, health care leaders said Thursday. The U.K.'s ...

The “Iron Man” jet suit we first saw back in 2017 might be less crazy than we first thought. Inventor Richard Browning and his company Gravity Industries have demonstrated that it may be a viable option to quickly get medical help to victims in remote ...

The UK's ambulance service is pleading with the public to stop phoning them with non-emergencies. With public health services stretched thin in the U.K., there is no shortage of anecdotes about people suffering from true health emergencies who wait hours ...

Community response manager Cliff Medlicott says "every second counts when someone's heart stops". Permission for the site was granted in June and will provide the service with a permanent home. The LAS credits the use of AI and over-the-phone assessments ...

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LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 21: Ambulance service workers and Unison U.K. public-sector union members stand on a picket outside the London Ambulance Service headquarters during a strike in Waterloo on December 21, 2022 in London, United Kingdom. Ambulance ...

Britain is bracing for further disruption from strikes heading into the Christmas period, as ambulance drivers and nurses join rail operators and postal workers in the worst wave of walkouts the country has endured for at least a decade. More than 20,000 ...