LANCASHIRE'S hospitals were facing chaos after a 35 per cent cut in ambulance trips earlier this week.

Some ambulancemen were even using their own cars to help patients make appointments, claimed Jeff Haydock, secretary of Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Community Health Council.

He added: "I have worked in the health service 22 years and I have heard some bird-brained schemes, but this takes the biscuit."

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