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


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 staff turn to bikes to get to 999 calls quicker – The Daily Record

June 28th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Ambulance staff are aiming to respond quicker to emergencies – by using push bikes


Ambulance trusts failing to meet response-time targets

June 19th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Ambulance trusts failing to meet response-time targets

Nearly half of Englands ambulance trusts are taking too long to respond to life-threatening emergencies


Heart patients face 20 min wait for pain relief

June 17th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Patients suffering serious heart attacks could have to wait for a roadside rendezvous in their ambulance with a paramedic before getting any pain relief


SCAS: we need volunteers to hit waiting times

June 16th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

SCAS: we need volunteers to hit waiting times

A South Central Ambulance Service boss said it could not get to 75 per cent of seriously ill patients within eight minutes without peoples’ help


Patients wait in parked ambulance

June 14th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Injured patients are waiting in parked ambulances for longer than an hour outside a North Somerset hospital as doctors struggles to cope with demand


Chief was ‘misled’ over A&E before quitting West Middlesex Hospital trust

June 4th, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

Chief was 'misled' over A&E before quitting West Middlesex Hospital trust

A hospital chief executive was “misled” about pressure on its accident and emergency department, which led to her resignation, an internal report has revealed


UNISON: Concerns about ambulance staff morale

June 1st, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

UNISON: Concerns about ambulance staff morale

Morale is at rock bottom at the East of England Ambulance Service, according to unions, while one of the region’s MPs says he has “serious concerns”


Patients ‘are put at risk by deliberate A&E delays’

June 1st, 2009 by Editor | No Comments

The lives of seriously ill patients are being put at risk every day because Government targets are forcing ambulances to wait up to five hours outside hospitals






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