Ambulance trusts failing to meet response-time targets

June 19th, 2009 by Editor | 1 Comment

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


NHS celebrates success and progress in A&E

May 25th, 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


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






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