Ambulance bosses have asked people not to ring 999 except in “life-threatening emergencies” amid severe delays across the northwest that left hundreds waiting for help on Monday night.
The appeal by the North West Ambulance Service came amid reports of callers being advised to take their loved ones to hospital by other means.
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