An air ambulance helicopter was forced into an emergency landing in a Highland loch. The Scottish Ambulance Service said the crew was unhurt and there were no passengers aboard after the aircraft ...

The wife of a Scottish Ambulance Service boss died after a student was sent as the first responder during a 999 emergency. SAS chairman Tom Steele’s wife Gillian collapsed in ­Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, ...

MORE than 300 ambulance workers in Scotland suffered attacks in the last year, according to recent figures. Stats from the Scottish Ambulance Service reveal there were 328 incidents recorded from ...

A Scottish paramedic has detailed a “brutal” attack he suffered which left him with lingering symptoms and permanent hearing loss, as new figures reveal hundreds of ambulance workers are being ...

Air ambulance ‘ditched’ into loch during emergency call-out - The Air Accidents Investigation Branch is looking into the incident in the Highlands, in which no-one was injured.

A patient was airlifted to Glasgow Airport as no ambulances were available for a 300 yard transfer from the helipad at an East Ayrshire hospital. The individual, who was picked up by an air ambulance ...

Ambulance workers have backed strike action in a dispute over rest breaks, warning of risks to patients when staff are “literally exhausted”. The GMB, Unite and Unison unions said 80% of members ...

SCOTLAND’S overworked ambulance crews could walk off the job amid warnings “lives are being put at risk”. Emergency medics have warned their non-stop shifts are resulting in real safety risks for both ...

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