• A man dying after waiting eight hours for an ambulance crew.
• A 76-year-old person who died after waiting four hours for an ambulance that
never came
• A lady who fell on the floor and died form a broken neck because she was “not
suitably immobilised†by a first aider sent to deal with the emergencv
• An obese patient who died after a specialist ambulance vehicle due to
collect the person broke down last September.
The report also highlights the case of a four-year-old boy was left critically
ill when he waited an hour for paramedics after suffering a fit at school.
Police are investigating the death of widow Margaret Allsopp, 75, who was
killed when an ambulance taking her to Boston’s Pilgrim Hospital crashed in
Spilsby, Lincs.
Officers from the same force are investigating a second incident when
paramedics were called to a 44-year-old found dead in a bath after a heart
attack.
Figures in January showed EMAS was the worst in responding to Category A
life-threatening emergency calls within the national target of 19 minutes.
But the service, which covers 4.8 million people in Lincolnshire,
Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire, has been the victim of cuts
in crews and vehicles.
Colin Todd of the GMB ambulance union said: “When you have 13 deaths
there is undoubtedly a problem.†He added: “You need bodies and
vehicles on the road. It’s a labour intensive service. There are no fancy
short-cuts.â€
The report comes in the week the chairman of a second under performing MP
Gloria ambulance service resigned after it became the first ever to be
failed by the Quality Care Commission.
Meanwhile staff at Yorkshire Ambulance Service will strike on Tuesday in a
dispute over £46 million cost-cutting plans and union derecognition.
EMAS Chief executive Phil Milligan said: “The way we operate now is
simply not delivering the performance that local people deserve and national
Government expects.â€
edited at Telegraph.co.uk by Daniel Fisher
