AMBULANCE service bosses have praised staff and volunteers for their hard work during V Festival.

During the four-day event from Friday until Monday at Hylands Park, Chelmsford, just over 800 patients were seen by the teams from the East of England Ambulance Service and volunteers from St John’s Ambulance.

The majority of people were treated and discharged on the scene, with 31 patients taken to Broomfield Hospital.

The teams dealt with an array of injuries with the most common being concerns for welfare owing to excess alcohol or drugs, small cuts and foot injuries.

The clinicians also worked with volunteers from Open Road, who staffed a number of welfare tents on the site, to ensure patients who may have been concerns for welfare were given adequate support and a safe space to recover.

Jon Moore, deputy director for service transformation, specialist operations and resilience at the ambulance service said: “We would like to thank the majority of the public who attended V Festival this year for staying safe and looking after one another. Jointly between us and St John’s Ambulance, we treated about 100 fewer people than last year.

“We would like to thank the huge number of volunteers who supported the medical care and welfare operation and all our staff who worked incredibly hard in a demanding environment.”

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