Ambulance watch: a day in the life of three emergency call centres

What happens when you dial 999 and ask for the ambulance service? Is an ambulance sent to take you directly to hospital with the blue lights flashing, or are you asked to hang up and contact your GP instead?
Twitter should have the answer to all those questions today with an interesting experiment being carried out by the BBC #NHSWinter watch. Today they are following the twitter streams of three emergency call centres - North West, West Midlands and East of England ambulance services - to find out what happens at each trust.
Each trust is using the hashtag #team999 on Twitter to create a live news feed of events across the country. At Ferno we’ll be bringing you updates and re-tweets on our Twitter feed @fernoukltd and you can also follow progress on our Facebook page at facebook.com/fernoukltd. You can also follow the three trusts on Twitter at @EastEnglandAmb, @NWAmbulance and @OFFICIALWMAS.