Emergency Calls Triggered by Personal Telecare Alarms

Freedom of Information Request

Reference
1681/22
Request Date
03 Oct 2022
Response Date
13 Oct 2022
Information Requested

Could the Trust please provide information on how many emergency calls were triggered by personal telecare alarms which were set off accidentally, including SOS alerts and falls alarms.


If information on what caused the false call out is not available, could they provide details of how many ambulances were dispatched to an address where no incident had taken place and the resident had not requested an ambulance.

Response

I can confirm that Scottish Ambulance Service does not hold the information you have requested, as per Section 17 of FOISA

Response Documents

FOISA Disclosure Log 1681 (PDF | 56KB)