THE Welsh Ambulance Service is appealing for people to display their house name or number prominently in order to help save lives.

The Trust claim that time is wasted by blue light services while responding to an emergency due to houses not having door numbers or names.

They are urging householders to help further reduce response times by ensuring that their properties are clearly and prominently identified, and that there is nothing obstructing them.

Head of operations Richard Lee said: “We need to get to 999 calls as quickly as possible. Sometimes if a house does not have its name or number clearly displayed there is a delay in us reaching the patient.

“It’s vital that all properties display their name or number clearly and that it is visible from the road.”