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999 is the official emergency number for the United Kingdom, but calls are also accepted on the European Union emergency number, 112. All calls are answered by 999 operators, and are always free. [2] Approximately 35 million 999/112 calls are made in the UK each year, with 74% from mobiles and 26% from landlines in 2022. [3]
Dialing a known emergency number like 112 forces the phone to try the call with any available network. On some networks, a GSM phone without a SIM card may be used to make emergency calls, and most GSM phones accept a larger list of emergency numbers without SIM card, such as 112, 911, 118, 119, 000, 110, 08, and 999. [27]
999 [3] Benin: 117 [4] 112 [4] ... 112 on mobile phones – after call is connected 0 redirects 110 and 9 redirects 119; Domestic violence – 113; Coast guard – 118
The NHS on Monday urged the public to call 999 immediately if anyone experiences one of the three common symptoms – struggling to smile, having difficulty raising an arm, or slurring their words
A new campaign by the NHS in England is encouraging people who experience the first sign of a stroke not to delay calling 999, after analysis of calls made in the last year showed the average time ...
A new pilot project that sees mental health nurses speaking on 999 calls has seen a 40% reduction in the number of people in mental health crisis being admitted to emergency departments (EDs).
The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.
Ambulance responses in the UK are as follows. Some ambulance services allow driver discretion for Category 3/4 calls; this may be dependent on the type of call or how long it has been waiting for a response for. 999 calls to the ambulance service are triaged using either the NHS Pathways system or the Medical Priority Dispatch System.