Thousands of patients were taken to hospital in police cars last year because of a lack of ambulances, new statistics have revealed.

A Freedom of Information request found a total of 2,012 sick and injured people were transported in the back of police vehicles.

But only nine of the 43 police forces in England and Wales responded, suggesting the actual figure could be nearer 10,000.

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Matthew Burgess
http://www.mattburgess.co
I am a journalist and author. I am a journalist at the UK edition of WIRED magazine. In 2015, my first book Freedom of Information: A Practical Guide for UK Journalists, was published. My second book Reed Hastings: Building Netflix, was published in March 2020. I created FOI Directory in 2012 and have maintained it in my spare time ever since.