London Ambulance Service forced to log 999 calls by hand on New Year's Eve

  • Laptop system failed within the management room for London Ambulance Service 
  • They skilled technical issues between 12.30am and 5.15am at the moment 
  • Thousands and thousands of revellers partied into the early hours to have fun the brand new 12 months 
  • 999 calls had been logged by pen and paper, leading to delayed response occasions 

Ambulance workers had been pressured to log emergency calls by hand on one of many busiest nights of the 12 months after their computer systems crashed for 5 hours.

The London Ambulance Service had to make use of pen and paper after technical points within the management room.

Their system was down between 12.30am and 5.15am at the moment, as thousands and thousands of revellers partied to have fun the brand new 12 months.

The London Ambulance Service had to make use of pen and paper after technical points within the management room

Their system was down between 12.30am and 5.15am at the moment, as thousands and thousands of revellers partied to have fun the brand new 12 months

Quite a lot of response occasions had been delayed on account of the technical issues. 

However a spokesman stated workers are educated to cope with such conditions.

He added that they had been capable of prioritise responses to these in best want.

Deputy director of operations Peter McKenna stated: 'On account of technical difficulties, our management room was logging emergency calls by pen and paper from 12.30am to five.15am.

'Our management room workers are educated to function on this manner and proceed to prioritise our response to sufferers with life-threatening situations, utilizing the identical triage system as ordinary.

'We even have extra clinicians on responsibility to supply management room workers medical recommendation whether it is wanted.' 

Ambulance workers had been pressured to log emergency calls by hand on one of many busiest nights of the 12 months after their computer systems crashed for 5 hours

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