Jon Kay interrupted the latest BBC Broadcast to bring the latest news across England and Wales. He was joined on the programme by Jason Killen from Wiltshire who is the Chief Executive of the Welsh Ambulance Service.
The banner popped up at the bottom of the screen reading: “Welsh Ambulance Service Critical Incident. 340 calls waiting to be answered last night,” as Jason dialled in via video to urge people to only contact 999 if absolutely essential.
Jason was appearing on the programme to issue a stark warning to the people of Wales that there simply wasn’t enough support on the ground due to large volumes of calls and they still had a huge backlog of around 90 ambulances with people still waiting to be handed over to hospitals.
“The pressure for us continues this morning, we had a very very busy day yesterday with increases with 999 calls but also pressure across the urgent and emergency care system in the NHS meant that our ambulances were delayed and with some departments not handing over their patients for very long periods,” Jason explained to Jon.
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Jon Kay shared breaking news with BBC Breakfast viewers (Image: BBC)