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Ambulance Service (18th Dec 11 at 5:27pm UTC)
Secret diary of a paramedic reveals how savage Tory cuts have left ambulance services at breaking point
By Gary Anderson 18/12/2011

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/12/18/secret-diary-of-a-paramedic-reveals-how-savage-tory-cuts-have-left-ambulance-services-at-breaking-point-115875-23644885/#ixzz1guNKnyJa
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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (18th Dec 11 at 5:46pm UTC)
Makes chilling reading {Shocked}
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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (22nd Dec 11 at 12:23am UTC)
Heart attack mother who lives two doors from ambulance station had to ask friend to drive her to hospital after waiting 45 minutes for paramedics

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2077041/Heart-attack-mother-lives-doors-ambulance-station-ask-friend-drive-hospital-waiting-45-minutes-paramedics.html#ixzz1hDba7hNB
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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (23rd Dec 11 at 12:11am UTC)
Pensioner dies after THREE-HOUR wait for ambulance following slip on black ice

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2077515/Pensioner-dies-THREE-HOUR-wait-ambulance-following-slip-black-ice.html#ixzz1hJPC2vJw
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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (19th Jan 12 at 12:02pm UTC)
Ambulance staff hours cut in meal break row http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-16614117
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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (30th Jan 12 at 5:15pm UTC)
North West ambulance crews to tweet 'working life' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16780009
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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (3rd Feb 12 at 11:32pm UTC)
999 patients failed by third of ambulance trusts,

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9059973/999-patients-failed-by-third-of-ambulance-trusts.html
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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (20th Feb 12 at 11:44pm UTC)
Did faulty satnav stop 999 crew from saving my son's life? Tragedy of boy, 9, who died after ambulance was delayed on way to hospital

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2103330/Tragedy-boy-9-died-asthma-attack-ambulance-delayed-sat-nav-didnt-work.html#ixzz1my7pIEVk
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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (19th May 12 at 9:50pm UTC)
999 call changes to prioritise most critically ill

http://mediacentre.dh.gov.uk/2012/05/16/over-half-a-million-wasted-ambulance-journeys/
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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (17th Jul 12 at 9:00pm UTC)
A coroner has written to ambulance bosses over concerns that responses to life-threatening calls are being delayed because of a meal break system, highlighted by the tragic case of Harold Tinsley, 78, who lay for 47 minutes with brain injuries without treatment.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9406691/Man-dies-after-being-made-to-wait-for-paramedics-on-break.html
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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (28th Sep 12 at 10:00pm UTC)
Grandmother, 81, who collapsed in hospital grounds left in gutter for half an hour as ambulance dispatched from SEVEN MILES away

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2209871/Grandmother-81-collapsed-hospital-grounds-left-gutter-half-hour-ambulance-dispatched-SEVEN-MILES-away.html#ixzz27nvnTSGN

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Re: Secret diary of a paramedic (8th Oct 12 at 3:31pm UTC)
Emergency services? Please help, my pigeon can't breathe
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/oct/07/emergency-services-hoax-999-calls


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Re: Ambulance Service (4th Dec 12 at 10:38pm UTC)
Woman, 28, died from swine flu after paramedics refused THREE times in one night to take her to hospital

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2242764/Woman-28-dies-swine-flu-paramedics-refused-to-hospital-THREE-times.html#ixzz2E7qaLxAM

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Re: Ambulance Service (14th Dec 12 at 1:11pm UTC)
Hospital and ambulance workers arrested over man's death
Five people questioned on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence after man died outside Walsall Manor hospital

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/dec/14/ambulance-hospital-workers-arrested-mans-death
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Re: Ambulance Service (13th Jan 13 at 10:35pm UTC)
Emergency service staff are being offered bonuses to avoid sending out 999 ambulances, in a move described as “worrying” by paramedics.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9798554/999-staff-given-bonuses-not-to-send-ambulances.html
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Re: Ambulance Service (14th Jan 13 at 12:41pm UTC)
999 call takers offered rewards for sending fewer ambulances
London Ambulance Service insists that many patients with minor injuries or illnesses do not need to be sent ambulances

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/jan/14/999-call-rewards-fewer-ambulances
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Re: Ambulance Service (20th Feb 13 at 10:53pm UTC)
Massage therapist collapses and dies after waiting three hours for paramedics

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Re: Ambulance Service (22nd Feb 13 at 11:52pm UTC)
Dental nurse, 30, died after 'serious failings' by paramedics who could have saved her had she gone to hospital

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2282786/Dental-nurse-30-died-failings-paramedics-saved-gone-hospital.html#ixzz2Lfv0krwX

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Re: Ambulance Service (26th Feb 13 at 10:52pm UTC)
An elderly woman was left injured on a pavement for more than three hours after an ambulance controller told her son to stop being a nuisance as he repeatedly called for help, it was claimed today.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9894691/Ambulance-staff-told-injured-OAPs-son-stop-being-a-nuisance.html
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Re: Ambulance Service (31st Mar 13 at 10:23pm UTC)
East Midlands Ambulance Service launches investigation into deaths of 13 patients

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9963588/East-Midlands-Ambulance-Service-launches-investigation-into-deaths-of-13-patients.html
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