Patients face calling taxis to get to A&E during ambulance workers strike

The Metro says Some patients will be told to get themselves to A&E or to book a taxi as ambulance workers go on strike on Wednesday.

A leaked internal memo from North West Ambulance Service says those suffering cardiac arrests and ‘immediate threats to life’ will continue to receive an emergency response.

But if A&E attendance is required ‘immediate self-conveyance or taxi conveyance will be advised in all other circumstances’.

Paramedics will attend confirmed maternity emergencies – but the memo warns of ‘a significant and noticeable difference in the way we operate’ otherwise.