Get the latest Scottish crime and courts news sent straight to your inbox with our daily Criminal Record newsletterInjured people are having to be taken to hospital by cops amid the crisis faced by the ambulance service, according to the Scottish Police Federation.
The trade union claims to knows of around 30 cases in recent months where patients were driven to hospital in police cars due to a lack of available ambulances or long waits for paramedics.
Last month the army was called in to help drive ambulances amid deteriorating response times and warnings about driver shortages from the ambulance service.
But now the police federation has revealed officers are being also asked to attend medical emergencies and have even helped by taking
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