East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has formally stood down its first ever critical incident, which was announced partly due to widespread flooding. The organisation declared the incident on Monday evening as severe flooding hit the region.

East Midlands Ambulance Service has declared a critical incident for the first time in its 26-year history. EMAS had to put out more ambulance resources yesterday than ever before. Due to an

A health boss at a county's NHS that has declared a critical incident said its hospitals had been dealing with high demand for more than a month. The NHS in Northamptonshire said there was mounting pressure on health services,

East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) has declared its first ever critical incident after flooding hit the region. EMAS raised its resource escalation action plan to level four - the highest level that indicates a potential for failures in the service - in response to pressures on the NHS and ambulance services on 26 November.