Ambulance flaws ‘costing lives’

July 7th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

A former head of the Welsh Ambulance Service says he is shocked at the way it is run, three years after he resigned claiming lives were at risk


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


“Enormous pressure” call on failing ambulance bosses

May 27th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

South Central Ambulance Service must address “serious concerns” among the public over response times that are not hitting national targets


NHS celebrates success and progress in A&E

May 18th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

New figures published today show A&E departments in England have met the operational standard for 98% of patients to be treated within four hours of arrival at A&E over the last year


NWAS misses its emergency response time targets

May 14th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Merseyside’s ambulance service is taking too long to respond to emergency calls, according to new figures


EMAS’s patient transport service is under fire again

April 25th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

EMAS's patient transport service is under fire again

Mystery “shoppers” could be used to monitor the way a patient transport system in Nottingham is run.


A&E transfer records criticised

April 23rd, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Hospitals must keep better records of how long it takes to hand patients from ambulances into A&E departments, says the Auditor General for Wales


NWAS fails to reach patients in target times

April 23rd, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

NWAS fails to reach patients in target times

Of 7,018 calls that were considered to be Class A or immediately life threatening, ambulances or rapid response vehicles arrived within the recommended eight minutes for only 4,849 of them.


House numbers – life saving five minute plea

April 17th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

The East Midlands Ambulance Service is anxious that it suffers delays in getting to emergency calls at a time when speed is vital






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