Not enough ambulances
The recent criticism of East Midlands Ambulance Service could well be down to not having expanded the amount of vehicles covering Northamptonshire as the area has grown.
Also, too often, ambulances are “unavailable” due to delays at the hospital in unloading their cargo, consequently less vehicles are then able to respond to emergencies. It is worrying that ambulance control is at Nottingham (with back-up from the Lincoln control), where as local knowledge may not be recognised when previous control was based in Northamptonshire. Local crews used to cover their own area but now crews are more widespread, consequently crews often “get lost” when not familiar with the area they are sent to.
It is deplorable waiting long periods for an ambulance – especially in emergency situations.
Mark Wilson
Queensway,
Higham Ferrers
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darushNN10
Friday, February 24, 2012 at 12:16 PMI have tried to help with this, it may not seem much but I have contacted EMAS onm more than one occasion with the idea of setting up a Community First Responder scheme in Rushden and Higham. They seem all enthusiastic when you ask about it, but when it comes to them calling you back and arranging to come and talk to you in person this never happens. They need all the help they can get but we can only offer so much without any help back.
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