This is always a busy week for the local ambulance service.
Last year during the week between Christmas and New Year, they took one and a half thousand emergency calls... and more than five thousand during the whole of December.
Staff want to stress that they're there for genuine emergencies and that there are other health services including NHS Direct, pharmacies and GPs' surgeries for less urgent cases.
How Torbay Hospital bosses are tackling 'risks'
Poor state of buildings impacting staff and patients
RD&E and North Devon hospital waiting times slashed
It's still one of lengthiest in the country
Bus service changes leave villagers in North Devon stranded
Petition started to reinstate former direct route from Barnstaple to Exeter
Demand for action over Teign sewage spills
'This represents a risk to health for residents and visitors'
Cyclist critically injured in Sidmouth
Man, 20s, airlifted to hospital
Council owed £4 million by its own housing company
But it won't sell Mary Archers for student flats
