OAPS LEFT TO FREEZE
Daily Mirror UK|April 13, 2024
Ambulance calls for hypothermia rocket by 40%
MARTIN BAGOT
OAPS LEFT TO FREEZE

THE NHS has been battling a huge rise in 999 calls from people at risk of freezing to death.

Calls for hypothermia have shot up by around 40% in England since 2019, data released under Freedom of Information laws indicates.

Almost half of these were for people of pensionable age.

Ambulance trusts were asked for data on their longest delays, with the worst being a pensioner in the South East waiting 16 hours.

This story is from the April 13, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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