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Ambulance response times, teacher pay and Irish pubs

How long are people really waiting when they call 999 for an ambulance?

How long are people really waiting when they call 999 for an ambulance? Tim Harford and the team examine in detail the sheer scale of delays in responding to emergency calls. We ask why the NHS is facing a crisis when it’s got more funding and more staff than before the pandemic, with the help of Ben Zaranko from the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Plus we fact check a claim from one of Britain’s leading teaching unions about pay. And are there more pubs in Ireland or Irish pubs in the rest of the world?

Presenter: Tim Harford
Series producer: Jon Bithrey
Reporters: Josephine Casserly, Nathan Gower, Paul Connolly
Sound Engineer: James Beard
Production Co-ordinator: Helena Warwick-Cross
Editor: Richard Vadon

Image: Patient being taken out of ambulance (Photo by ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)

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Sun 22 Jan 2023 20:00
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