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Ambulances queue, A&E fills and an exhausted paramedic bears witness to a broken system spiralling into chaos

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Hundreds of emergencies without an ambulance available, 12 hour waits for patients needing a doctor, ‘pinching’ vital oxygen supplies to save the lives of critically ill people left outside A&E.

These are just some of the conditions one North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) paramedic says she is having to put up with as the region's health service spirals 'into chaos'.

For months, pressure has been building in Greater Manchester. Ambulances have lined up outside A&E as emergency calls spike, the difficulty of getting a doctors’ appointment has seen abuse directed at GPs, Covid patients on the rise once again. READ MORE:GPs share disturbing ways long Covid is leaving a lasting scar - 'especially on young women' The region is being hit by a

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