55778 mental health 999 call-outs in four years - Derry Journal

Over 55,000 emergency ambulance call-outs in the north over the past four years were mental health-related, the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) has indicated.

Sign up to our daily Derry Journal Today newsletter The number of mental health related 999 calls decreased slightly from 15,183 in 2018/19, to 13,969 in 2019/20, and 13,076 in 2020/21, before risin… [+1821 chars]

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