Entries from July 2009

Ambulance no-go zones

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

It goes without saying that attacks on emergency service personnel going about their business are entirely unacceptable


Patients face delays over A&E treatment in Hampshire

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

SCAS are using a ‘split crew’ system in which only one worker stays with the patient so their crew mate can team up with another ambulance and reduce the number of vehicles queuing outside the hospital


Ambulance trusts ‘failing to meet response-time targets’

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Ambulance trusts 'failing to meet response-time targets'

Nearly half of England’s ambulance trusts are taking too long to respond to life-threatening emergencies


Ambulance crews ‘bullied’

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Morale is rock bottom with paramedics saying they are bullied, harassed or discriminated against more than other NHS employees


Man pronounced dead was alive

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Two paramedics have been disciplined after they pronounced a young Norfolk road crash victim dead and covered him with a tarpaulin – only for a police officer to discover he was still alive


New laws forcing ambulances to meet 999 response times?

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

An MSP was shocked to find crews have “no duty to turn up within any particular timeframe”


Debt of gratitude to lifesaving paramedics

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

A man praised paramedics for saving his life after they spotted his heart was failing


Paramedics hurt in fire rescue

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Two paramedics and a pensioner required hospital treatment after a blaze at a property in Norfolk


Grandfather left dying as paramedic carried out 16-minute risk assessment

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

A grandfather was left dying in his home while a paramedic waited outside for 16 minutes as he carried out a health and safety assessment


Anger at ambulance cuts proposal

July 6th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Frontline ambulance cover in Northern Ireland could be cut by 70,000 hours under new plan






TAG CLOUD