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Thousands of Scots calling for ambulance are taken to A&E in taxi - costing £166k in a year

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Thousands of patients who dial 999 for an ambulance are being sent to hospital by taxi – with cab costs soaring from just £88 to £166,000 a year.

Ambulance chiefs began to send patients to hospital by taxi after the Covid pandemic as waiting times rocketed due to long waits at A&E departments.

Now the shocking rise in the use of taxis by the Scottish Ambulance Service can be revealed in figures given to the Daily Record.

A total of 6961 patients have been taken to A&E departments by cabbies in the last three years, sparking demands for more investment so that professional 999 crews are used.

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