Phone companies 'should blacklist hoax 999 callers'
Posted by GLA Conservatives in News
– Hoax calls to the Met police tripled last year and cost the fire brigade £1.6million
The Mayor of London should encourage mobile phone operators to consider blacklisting hoax emergency callers that are costing the taxpayer millions of pounds, says Conservative London Assembly member Tony Arbour.
Hoax calls to the Metropolitan Police tripled over the past three years and cost London Fire Brigade £1.6million in 2015, showed figures obtained by Assembly Member Arbour in a recent written question to the Mayor of London.
London Fire Brigade attended more than 1,257 malicious false alarms last year, wasting over 2,387 attendance hours.
The Met meanwhile received 3,671 hoax calls by October 2015, a near 300 per cent rise from the 1,259 it handled in 2012. The statistics also showed 811 hoax calls cost the London Ambulance Service £152,000 in 2014.
London’s homeless left out in the cold after A&E visits
Better signposting and support needed to prevent readmissions
London’s homeless need better support when they are discharged from A&E units, says Conservative assembly member Andrew Boff.
A recent special inquiry from HealthWatch England found homeless people are often not given the appropriate support and signposting on discharge to prevent readmission.
The research also identified a lack of co-ordination between hospitals and housing services, making homeless people less able to access appropriate follow-up care or housing after a stay in hospital.
Individuals living on the street use A&E services five times more than the general public, and are 40 times more likely not to be registered with a GP , research shows.
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