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• The inquest into the death of the young woman in south Norfolk, where a paramedic in an emergency response vehicle was overwhelmed by the accident exemplifies the problem. We have been sold the case for fast response units on the basis that they save heart attack victims. Now we really need to see the figures for how many have actually been saved by fast response units who would not have been otherwise, and how many people with strokes or serious injuries have been left worse off in the long term because there was no ambulance to get them to hospital quickly..I thought the mantra was once to get people into hospital quickly so doctors could do their job.As for the hospitals, they are shameful and the government should be doing something to change admission procedures put in place solely to meet targets set by Labour, .Another problem seems to be non medical or under qualified staff making the dispatch decisions based on a check list.Like the "computer say no" it is obvious that a check list which leaves a kid with a back injury on a rugby field for hours isn't taking into account the potential for permanent paralysis and is badly designed. We also need an independent academic study to determine the minimum number of ambulances really needed to cover a large rural area and meet the desired times for getting to the known and projected number of cases that the Trust is there to serve. They must know the location and timing of every case they have dealt with in the last few years-a bit of computer modelling should reveal the shortfall. This problem is affecting all the rural parts of the area served by the Trust, not just Norfolk.

  Daisy Roots

  Friday, February 08, 2013