A HEALTH scrutiny panel has slammed ambulance chiefs’ ‘heavy handed’ approach to their plans to streamline the life-saving powers of first responders in Nantwich.
A new report has been released containing a number of recommendations and while the report recognises North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) had no option other than to undertake a review of first responder schemes, it states: “NWAS has completely underestimated how CFR (Community First Responder) schemes are embedded within their local communities.
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A mother died after an ambulance was cancelled by a doctor in a 'cost-cutting exercise'.
Ruth Hedge, 60, dialled 999 complaining of vomiting and a vehicle was dispatched to her home, an inquest heard.
But a doctor working on a pilot NHS scheme to cut unnecessary emergency call-outs stood the ambulance down after speaking to Mrs Hedge.
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Ambulance services across the UK hold records of more than 8,500 households who have a history of violence against paramedics, the BBC has learned.
Staff called to emergencies at these addresses are advised to wait for police before entering the premises.
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Merseyside has more homes deemed 'too dangerous to enter' by the ambulance service than anywhere else in the country.
Northwest ambulance crews are frequently warned to wait outside a residential properties across the region until a police escort can accompany staff inside the building.
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The call comes through. A young female has collapsed in the street outside a nightclub.
The paramedic is dispatched to the scene, parks his ambulance and starts to assess the situation.
The young woman appears drunk and is singing in a slurred way, but after an examination and blood and glucose tests the paramedic discovers she is also diabetic and in need of immediate treatment.
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A MERSEYSIDE paramedic jailed for making nearly 2,000 indecent images of a child has been struck off.
Gerard Lawlor, 54, of Brandon Park Court, Southport, was jailed for 10 months after pleading guilty to making 1,920 indecent images of a child.
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A DISGRACED Southport paramedic jailed for taking almost 2,000 indecent photos of a child has been struck off.
Health Professions Council made the decision to strike Gerard Lawlor, 54, from the register.
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Welsh emergency operators came to the rescue of a pregnant woman helping to deliver her twins in Nevada, USA.
Staff at The Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust's headquarters in Pontypool were called in to help by the American mother-to-be's UK-based boyfriend.
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A PARAMEDIC was left needing emergency treatment after being dazzled by a laser pen whilst taking a seriously ill patient to Southport Hospital.
The un-named ambulance driver was zapped by a blinding beam while he drove along Southport Road, past the Morris Dancers pub, heading towards Kew.
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A national network of "flying doctors" is needed to serve parts of the country affected by the closure of Accident and Emergency wards, experts have said.
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The NHS needs a network of flying doctors to cope with the closure of A&E units, experts say.
Air ambulance chiefs said the extra skills were needed aboard the helicopters as the health service moves towards regional trauma centres.
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THE North West Ambulance Service has appointed a new director to be responsible for equality and diversity.
She has more than eight years’ experience of working in the field of community cohesion, equality and diversity, and now works for Greater Manchester Crown Prosecution Service.
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A MAN has been charged with threatening paramedics on an emergency call.
Police were called to an address on Vale Drive, Coldhurst, following reports ambulance crews were being threatened at knifepoint.
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A paramedic who was treating an injured cyclist who later died, diverted her ambulance so she could go to a Freddie Mercury tribute concert, a disciplinary hearing was told.
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A Cumbrian paramedic has been accused of breaking crew rules so she could get to a Freddie Mercury tribute concert.
Claire Lomas, from Penrith, attended a 77-year-old cyclist who had fallen from his bike, he later died in hospital.
The Health Professions Council (HPC) alleged the paramedic was guilty of misconduct or lack of competence.
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A health watchdog has raised serious concerns about the state of emergency care in England.
But there is much variation and services in the North-East have been singled out by the Healthcare Commission for consistently high quality of care.
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A paramedic has been accused of breaking a string of rules on critical care while treating an injured cyclist, who later died, so that she could get to a concert.
Claire Lomas is alleged to have performed an “unauthorised early crew change” after responding to an accident in Keswick.
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NHS emergency services responsible for about 20 million patients across two-fifths of England are not providing the speedy, joined-up care which patients should expect, the government's health watchdog said last night.
The Healthcare Commission found most GPs, ambulance services and hospital casualty and walk-in clinics achieved the government's targets for dealing with people quickly.
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Almost one in five health trusts are delivering poor quality care outside normal office hours, the most comprehensive investigation into urgent and emergency services has concluded.
The Healthcare Commission also found that proportion of out-of-hours calls categorised as "urgent" varied from under 4 per cent to more than 32 per cent between services, "raising questions" over consistency.
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Patients who need emergency medical care are facing unnecessary delays in seeing a doctor, despite government targets to speed up urgent treatment, a review says today.
In the most comprehensive review yet of NHS emergency and urgent care, the Healthcare Commission found significant variations in how patients are treated across England, particularly on evenings and at weekends.
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