Emergency Services Day, also known as 999 Day, is an annual celebration of NHS and emergency service workers. Celebrated annually on September 9, 999 Day is also an opportunity for charities to ...

"Emergency services are not delivered from an office environment sat behind a desk. They're delivered on the street and not just the high street - they're delivered from remote areas, in extreme ...

Emergency services are experiencing a rise in 999 calls as a heatwave sweeps Britain, according to the Health Secretary. Following a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee, Steve Barclay suggested ...

A dedicated team is making a real impact by supporting people who frequently call 999. The Welsh Ambulance Service’s High Intensity Service User (HISU) team focuses on those who repeatedly call ...

The government has announced measures to beef up the resilience of the UK’s 999 emergency call handling system. This comes nine months after communications regulator Ofcom launched an investigation ...

Crime does pay - 10p per call... The government has today taken the wraps off a 'single non-emergency number' (SNEN) for concerned citizens to report petty crime or nuisance behaviour. The 101 number ...

The world’s oldest emergency service - 999 - turns 80 years old on Friday. The last eight decades have seen the service expand from handling more than 1,000 calls in its first week of operation in ...

This is why it's simply crazy that our telecommunications network is privatised in the first place; it's hard enough for consumers to get a good deal, yet our emergency services are subjected to the ...

A new 999 service that allows people to make calls using British Sign Language (BSL) was launched on Friday. The service, 999 BSL, lets deaf users use BSL through an app or website with an interpreter ...

Guernsey's emergency services gathered for a ceremony to honour colleagues who were injured or died in the line of duty. Members of the police, coastguard, fire and ambulance services observed a ...