Paramedics have shared their own experiences of a growing mental health crisis, with the UK nearly two months of its latest lockout.
Welsh Ambulance Service staff told British broadcaster Sky News that every call they received appeared to be affected by mental health issues, along with the threat of the coronavirus itself.
Ruth Lander, trainer for the NHS 111 Wales non-emergency call service, said many patients were “very anxious, terrified” as well as any medical issues.
While filming with Sky News, paramedics were called in to help a woman believed to have suffered an overdose, who recently lost her father to COVID-19.
All four regions of the UK have been in a state of lockdown since around the beginning of 2021, but the toughest measures in Wales date back to the Christmas period.
Simon Jones, Head of Policy for the mental health charity Mind Cymru, said that while many people will be able to move on once the disease is over, for others there will be a “lasting impact”.
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