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Ohhhhh…. It’s the Geography!

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THE WALES AMBULANCE SERVICE IN UK HAS been under constant criticism for more than two years for its extraordinarily-long response times that are consistantly the worst in the UK.   Ambulance service executives have come and gone in a constant attempt to bring in somebody who can solve the problem.

Today BBC News is reporting that Catherine O’Sullivan, of Aneurin Bevan Community Health Council – the health watchdog which covers the former Gwent area – said the “difficult geography” of Wales should be taken into account when calculating ambulance response times.  Apparently more hills and dales add minutes to the time it takes to travel a few miles to the emergency.  Listen to the audio interview HERE.

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Posted by on June 10, 2010 • Filed under: ambulances, EMS Topics, Response times • Tagged: ,
  • Totwtytr

    The geography of Wales is a bit unusual. Narrow roads, steep hills, mostly rural. At least that's how I remember if from almost 40 years ago. Of course a reasonable idea would be to add more ambulances and maybe look at the disposition of them.

  • Totwtytr

    The geography of Wales is a bit unusual. Narrow roads, steep hills, mostly rural. At least that's how I remember if from almost 40 years ago. Of course a reasonable idea would be to add more ambulances and maybe look at the disposition of them.