THE Tories were last night accused of bringing the ambulance service to its knees after 13 years of health cuts, with desperate patients now finding their own way to hospital.
A shock poll found one in three people needing emergency care have driven, taken taxis, trains or even buses amid record 999 waits for paramedics.
A Savanta survey for the Lib Dems exposed just how deep the crisis is within the ambulance service.
Of the 34% of patients who said they have got to hospital under their own steam, 17% drove, 11% took a taxi and 6% used public transport.
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