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Case Main Cause of Failure
The London Ambulance Service Ineffective SE practices

 

Classification Data
Case The London Ambulance Service
Event Ambulance not arriving
Trigger Calls for ambulance services
Cause Faulty system
Effect Loss of life
Evidence Long waiting - dying patients
Reference Flowers, S. (1996). Software Failure: Management Failure. John Wiley.
Link

Report of the Inquiry into the London Ambulance Service (February 1993)