http://www.paramedic.org.uk/2009/04/19/inquiry-after-police-stop-ambulance-on-999-call/ News, information and comment for the UK pre-hospital care professionals Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:54:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.paramedic.org.uk/2009/04/19/inquiry-after-police-stop-ambulance-on-999-call/comment-page-1/#comment-248 david macdonald Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:59:33 +0000 http://paramedic.org.uk/?p=97#comment-248 in edinburgh police refused to escord a private ambulance on behave of hospital staff the patient liver had failed and needed to go to airport to a awaiting air ambulance on the grounds that he could die and it would be a waste of there funds all organ transfers in scotland are moved by private ambulance cars marked up to nhs standard have been told they will charge anyone using blues lights in edinburgh a police inspector was told lots of people could and his reply who cares lothian and borders police are the only police force in scotland to stop private ambulance crews from saving life in uk in edinburgh police refused to escord a private ambulance on behave of hospital staff the patient liver had failed and needed to go to airport to a awaiting air ambulance on the grounds that he could die and it would be a waste of there funds
all organ transfers in scotland are moved by private ambulance cars marked up to nhs standard have been told they will charge anyone using blues lights in edinburgh a police inspector was told lots of people could and his reply who cares
lothian and borders police are the only police force in scotland to stop private ambulance crews from saving life in uk

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