Over the four days of the Christmas Bank Holiday the trust took no fewer than 19,078 emergency calls.
This compares to 17,572 for the same dates in 2021, an increase of 8.6 per cent.
Trust chief executive, Anthony Marsh said: “I would like to thank the many thousands of staff who worked over the Christmas period while most people were enjoying time with their family and friends.
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