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Will this produce substantial improvements?
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 21 Dec 2014 15:28 |
Target times for ambulances to reach some seriously ill patients could be lengthened, the BBC has learned. |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 21 Dec 2014 15:33 |
Just another way to sneak through yet more front line job cuts. :-( |
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Annx | Report | 21 Dec 2014 16:40 |
I was in A&E in August when they rang for a priority 1 ambulance (equivalent to dialling 999 from home) and 2 paramedics to take me to another hospital. Despite them chasing it up it was over 3 hours before it arrived, so even if you get one to get you to hospital you can have a long wait before you are transferred if that becomes necessary. :-S |
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+++DetEcTive+++ | Report | 21 Dec 2014 21:55 |
It sounds as if they aren't meeting the current response time. By making them longer, expectations are lower. |
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Mayfield | Report | 21 Dec 2014 22:40 |
Flim-flam, it's just a way to meet targets :-P |
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maggiewinchester | Report | 21 Dec 2014 23:49 |
What's really worrying is - how do they know who is an emergency, until they've turned up and seen the patient? |
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OneFootInTheGrave | Report | 22 Dec 2014 09:44 |
When I asked a consultant recently, why a treatment, that I am due to receive, keeps getting postponed, she said, it appears that many NHS Trusts are being told to delay certain non-emergency treatments for elderly people because of the funding constraints they are facing. |
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Merlin | Report | 22 Dec 2014 14:42 |
Meybe if they spent some of the Billions of Pounds they send out to other countries in aid and increased the number of ambulances and crews they could meet their targets,or is that too simple an answer to the problem. :-( |
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InspectorGreenPen | Report | 22 Dec 2014 17:04 |
I have always said that when it comes to targets, 'one size fits all' is a waste of everyones time as it takes little account of local or individuals needs and circumstances. |