Woman found dead hours after North West Ambulance Service declined welfare call

NWAS has defended its decision06:26, 15 Aug 2026A coroner has called upon the North West Ambulance Service to take action after they 'declined to attend' a welfare call to an elderly resident who was later found dead.‌NWAS has defended the decision as appropriate, saying that the woman's location could not be determined, nor whether that there was a confirmed medical need.‌72-year-old Lesley Higginson was found dead at her home in Appleton near Warrington on January 18 this year, according to a prevention of future deaths report.‌Click here to get the biggest stories straight to your inbox in our Daily NewsletterIn the report, senior coroner for Cheshire Jacqueline Devonish detailed how Ms Higginson was a 'medically vulnerable adult' who was under a programme of 'remote welfare checks'.She