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Man found dead in home after 999 staff refused ambulance because his pancreatitis was ‘not life-threatening’

Editor — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:55:56 +0000

A retired hotel manager who was refused an ambulance when he dialled 999 was found dead when police broke into his home the next day.

John Barker, 65, was told his pancreatitis was not life-threatening and that he should contact his GP to get painkillers, an inquest heard.

Recording a narrative verdict, York coroner Donald Coverdale said there were three lost opportunities by the Yorkshire Ambulance Service control room to get Mr Barket to hospital.

Read full article: Mail Online.

Residents’ anger at ambulance site plan

Editor — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:18:02 +0000

Angry residents are fighting plans to site a stand-by ambulance station just yards from their homes.

The Yorkshire Ambulance Service says it has chosen the Territorial Army centre site, in Coldyhill Lane, in a bid to improve its North Scarborough response time.

However, families living nearby fear the move could devalue their homes and worsen a noise problem.

Read full article: Scarborough Evening News.

New boss at Yorkshire Ambulance Service

Editor — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:00:21 +0000

A new non-executive director has been appointed to the board of Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

Paul Osborne has extensive experience in general management and has worked in a number of blue chip organisations in technology and services sectors. His most recent job was head of technology transformation at O2 in Leeds

Read full article: Halifax Today.

Ambulance staff injured in blow-out crash

Editor — Mon, 25 May 2009 07:01:49 +0000

Two crew members were left shaken when an ambulance suffered a tyre blow out and crashed while on a 999 call in Sheffield.

The vehicle, whose lights and siren were on, ran out of control and ploughed into railings outside JE James cycle shop on Asline Road, near Bramall Lane, at 10.37am on Saturday.

Read full article: Sheffield Telegraph.

Vote of confidence for the two-wheeled ambulance

Editor — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:48:32 +0000

So how are you going to get me to hospital on the back of that, then?

Paramedic Jonathan Alexander has a ready reply: “It’s simple. I take the kit out, fold you in half and put you in the panniers.”

Nine years ago Jonathan had the idea of a cycling paramedic service in Sheffield city centre. (Plenty of time to hone ripostes to the wry comments he was expecting).

Read full article: Sheffield Telegraph.

Ambulance staff injured in blow-out crash

Editor — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:39:56 +0000

Two crew members were left shaken when an ambulance suffered a tyre blow out and crashed while on a 999 call in Sheffield.

The vehicle, whose lights and siren were on, ran out of control and ploughed into railings outside JE James cycle shop on Asline Road, near Bramall Lane, at 10.37am on Saturday.

Read full article: Sheffield Telegraph.

Anger over 10-hour ambulance wait

Editor — Thu, 14 May 2009 07:14:19 +0000

A woman from Rotherham has said she feels “disgusted” it took nearly 10 hours for an ambulance to take her home after dialysis treatment.

Janet Tunstill, 58, uses an electric wheelchair and was told she needed a special ambulance to accommodate it.

Read full article: BBC NEWS

Paramedics will provide new service

Editor — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:27:31 +0000

A ground-breaking scheme to provide the rural communities in Yorkshire with their own paramedics is being piloted by Yorkshire Ambulance Service (YAS) NHS Trust and funded by NHS Calderdale.

Equipped with a rapid response vehicle, for varying hours between 8am and midnight, seven days a week, the community-based paramedics will primarily respond to life-threatening and serious emergencies in the area.

Read full article: Todmorden Today.

Death-crash ambulance driver appeals against careless-driving conviction

Editor — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:38:43 +0000

An ambulance driver found guilty of careless driving after an accident in which a motorcyclist was killed has launched an appeal at Bradford Crown Court.

Samantha Oates, who was on a non-emergency call when she collided with 79-year-old Sydney Norcliffe’s Suzuki, claims she was wrongfully convicted by Calderdale Magistrates last June.

During the collision, the great grandfather, of Saddleworth Road, Barkisland, was thrown 20 metres from his bike into a wall. But Maura Logan, for Miss Oates, of Valley View, Bradshaw, Halifax, told the new hearing Mr Norcliffe had been undertaking the ambulance at the time of the accident on April 13, 2007.

Read full article: Halifax Today

Ambulance trust branded “failure”

Editor — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:07:11 +0000

The ambulance service which looks after patients in Filey could be closed down after failing to meet hygiene standards.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust was among 21 of 388 trusts nationwide given a warning by health watchdog the Care Quality Commission after failing to make the grade.

All trusts have to meet certain standards to be allowed to register with the commission. These conditions are legally enforceable and failure to act means trusts could be issued with warning notices and fines, or face prosecution or closure.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service was the only ambulance trust in the country not to meet its cleanliness requirements fully.

Examples of expected improvements include ensuring the decontamination of surgical equipment is up to scratch and developing tighter policies to tackle infections like MRSA, Clostridium difficile and legionella, which causes legionnaires’ disease.

Yorkshire Ambulance Service has been given a deadline of June 30 to make improvement to allow the service full, unconditional registration with the commission.

Read full article: Filey Mercury.