Welsh ambulance chief urges New Year’s Eve revellers to drink less
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Plea to partygoers comes as service struggles to handle ongoing ‘critical incident’ with patients facing delays. The chief executive of the Welsh ambulance service has urged New Year’s Eve revellers to drink in moderation and eat before they begin partying to help it cope with an ongoing “critical incident”.
Jason Killens admitted people may already have come to harm because of delays in paramedics reaching them and said the crisis was likely to continue for the rest of Tuesday and into Wednesday. Killens said: “I expect the pressure will continue through the rest of today. Of course it’s New Year’s Eve and we expect to see a busy evening and the early hours of the morning. People out partying tonight can help us.
“We want people to enjoy themselves and have a good time but drink in moderation. Eat something before you do that and if you’re out with friends and they do have one too many, please do look after them.”. Speaking to the BBC, Killens said the poor weather that is forecast would add “additional complications”. He added: “Communities can continue to help us whilst we do remain under extreme pressure by only calling us when they really do need to and using the 111 service or accessing care from their pharmacist or GP where that’s appropriate.”.
