Unite officers said there had been 110 ambulance callouts to the warehouse, including 38 times when workers had complained of chest pains.
A university report into student mental ill health included data from ambulance callouts to the university, which showed that in the first few weeks of 2016, up until 9 February, there were 12 callouts for incidents of self-harm or attempted suicide – half of all callouts to the university.
Labor MP for Nhulunbuy, Lynne Walker, says she was aware of the apparent rise in mental health issues, including increased ambulance callouts to incidents of self harm, although "it's not something people want to talk about or put media releases out about".
The Home Office researchers say their analysis was confirmed by data from the London Ambulance Service showing that callouts for weapons injuries did not drop more in the boroughs targeted for the mass use of stop and search than the other boroughs: "Rather, ambulance callouts actually fell faster in those boroughs that had smaller increases in weapons searches".
Serco admitted that the service had seen a rise in ambulance callouts when the new call-handling system was put in place and that the email had been sent by its managers, but said it was "poorly worded", "misleading" and "inaccurate".
They have been shown to reduce deaths and injuries due to drug overdose, reduce ambulance callouts, increase referrals to health and social services including detoxification and drug treatment, reduce the spread of HIV and hepatitis C and reduce public injecting and the number of discarded used needles.
Problems led to a surge in ambulance callouts and casualty visits as callers have resorted to other measures to get seen by a healthcare professional.
For every 1°C increment in maximum temperature above 35°C, ambulance callouts increased by 0.7% (IRR; 95% CI, 0.4-1.1%) and mortality increased by 0.9% (IRR; 95%CI, 0.0-1.8%).
There is a general callout for an ambulance, any ambulance, to go to Victoria station, where a girl has fainted.
The hospital, based in the heart of the city, is usually the first to deal with the overindulgence of the city centre's revellers, and paramedics waiting for callouts in the ambulance bays are apprehensive about the night ahead.
