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The number of people calling an ambulance reached a record high in 2025, with St John attending more than half a million incidents.
New national ambulance data shows there were 706,194 emergency 111 calls for an ambulance last year, an increase of nearly 30 percent compared to five years ago.
Frontline crews attended 551,399 incidents, up 17 p
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