Parliamentary Reports
| Waiting For The Ambulance... |
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| Tuesday, 01 December 2009 00:00 |
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Waiting for the Ambulance... A recent performance report on the North West Ambulance Service gave it ‘Fair’ for its quality of service and judged it ‘Under Achieved’ on the time ambulances take to respond to a call for help. In urban areas ambulances have 8 minutes to get there. In rural areas, they are given a 19 minute target. I am meeting the top management of the NW Ambulance Service NHS Trust to see how performance of the Ambulance service in East Lancashire, particularly in Pendle, can be improved. For many people, the A&E hospital in Blackburn is up to 25 miles away. We need a top-notch’ service with trained paramedics on every ambulance answering a 999 call . This was promised in 2006 as part of the package justifying a single A&E at Blackburn to serve over 500,000 people across East Lancashire. Recent press stories from local paramedics suggest more can be done to improve cover across the patch. |
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