UK ambulance services

Responders play a particular role in rural areas, often reaching patients before an ambulance does.

The ambulance service provides care in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire.

A drunk patient was filmed throwing bricks at ambulance workers and smashing their windscreen.

Of its 5,000 employees, 200 have either served in the armed forces or have links to it.

Union members have called for the NHS to stop using private companies.

Caroline Thomas, 83, volunteers as a mock casualty actor to help train medical professionals.

New ambulances are going to replace ageing vehicles in the fleet by March 2026, the government says.