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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.
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]
In many countries, dialing either 112 (used in Europe and parts of Asia) or 911 (used mostly in the Americas) will connect callers to the local emergency services.But not all countries use those emergency telephone numbers.
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I have checked this with Comreg (The Irish Telecommunications Regulator which allocates numbers) and 911 is not officially part of the Irish numbering scheme and could form the first 3 digits of a normal local phone number. However, some mobile phones may automatically connect calls dialed as 911 or 999 to the GSM emergency service i.e. 112.
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 ...
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Often the system is set up so that once a call is made to an emergency telephone number, it must be answered. Should the caller abandon the call, the line may still be held until the emergency service answers and releases the call. An emergency telephone number call may be answered by either a telephone operator or an emergency service dispatcher.