Ambulance cuts could lead to a better service in Frinton

9:00am Thursday 6th September 2012 in News

AMBULANCE staff visited councillors in Frinton and Walton in a bid to reassure them that cuts to the service would not leave residents in danger.

The East of England Ambulance Service looks set to get rid of Frinton’s only 24-hour ambulance, along with others in the area, in a bid to save £50million.

The announcement sparked outrage from residents and councillors, who said the cuts would put lives at risk.

Ambulance bosses visited councillors to put their minds at ease.

Mayor Mark Cossens said: “We had a very good presentation that certainly eased a lot of fears.

“We will have a rapid response vehicle in Frinton all the time once the cuts come into effect.

“Of course we will lose the ambulance that was here, but the replacement rapid response vehicle will be very good for us.

“It’s in those first few minutes that people’s lives are saved, and I think the new system will give everyone the best possible chance in an emergency situation.

“Having that here may well prove to be more effective than our old system.”

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cavillas says...
10:01am Thu 6 Sep 12

But when having to be transported to hospital quickly how long will the wait be, 1 hour 4 hours or more. This cannot be answered until it's too late when ambulances are based miles away and are on call outs even further away. People WILL die needlessly mainly because they are elderly and classed as not important.

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trojan46 says...
11:39am Thu 6 Sep 12

.... Will improve the service ........ I doubt it very much, more like won't improve the service.
I have been on the receiving end of waiting along time for an ambulance, it's never good.
Like the cutbacks in Police and Fire, it will only get worse and never recover.
Out on a limb in parts of Tendring and not services sufficiently by the emergency services.

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Nelly3 says...
12:20pm Thu 6 Sep 12

It is laughable that these councillors have been sucked in by a presentation and slide show.

Yes lives may be saved in the first few minutes, but how much can one one person do, with one pair of hands, and for how long?

A sick person needs to be in hospital for definitive treatment not stuck waiting for transport.

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Farmhouse France says...
12:22pm Thu 6 Sep 12

Rapid response vehicles are very good and when one was used recently they arrived very quickly. I think like all the services that these cuts are going to come whether we like it or not. There is a high percentage of elderly people in the Tendring area so the call outs will probably require an ambulance anyway. Should we be wasting resources on people who drink too much and then hurt themselves and when our ambulance crews arrive to help they get abused?? I think the ambulance crews are amazing and would like them to know that they are appreciated

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cavillas says...
1:54pm Thu 6 Sep 12

Farmhouse France wrote:
Rapid response vehicles are very good and when one was used recently they arrived very quickly. I think like all the services that these cuts are going to come whether we like it or not. There is a high percentage of elderly people in the Tendring area so the call outs will probably require an ambulance anyway. Should we be wasting resources on people who drink too much and then hurt themselves and when our ambulance crews arrive to help they get abused?? I think the ambulance crews are amazing and would like them to know that they are appreciated
I don't think anyone is blaming the crews, they do fine, outsatnding work and are very professional. It is the pen pushers, spreadsheet-merchant
s just out of business school and college who create all the problems. many have no idea of what ambulances actually do, they are only interested in their own figures.

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actonambulances says...
1:57pm Thu 6 Sep 12

We are meeting the Chief Executive of EEAST this month to tell him the public mood about these cuts. Although our campaign has been based around cuts in Norfolk we are all in the same position. Please sign the petition at www.actonambulances.
co.uk

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Farmhouse France says...
2:47pm Thu 6 Sep 12

Thanks actonambulances I will read the website and sign the petition. Did anyone watch Panorama this week called Dial 999 ....and wait. Very interesting.

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supersea says...
4:14pm Thu 6 Sep 12

It is quite amazing how a politician can spin a cut in a service into an improvement!

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JonP11 says...
10:12pm Thu 6 Sep 12

I guess what was not explained to you is that RRV's only respond to the most critical patients such as Cardiac Arrest.
Those people who fracture a hip falling over, ladies in labour, no injury falls where people simply need help to get up. Will now have to wait longer for a 'normal' ambulance to arrive as RRV's will NOT be sent to these people.... you have been warned...

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Bramble1979 says...
9:10am Fri 7 Sep 12

So hasn't this situation been made worse by the 'Nanny State' we now seem to live in. Where no one takes responsibility for their own problems?

Discuss..........

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Farmhouse France says...
9:51am Fri 7 Sep 12

I take responsibility for my own problems and so do most other people I know. What we are saying here is that if you are ill or hurt and vulnerable then the ambulance service will not arrive promptly. 'Nanny State' as you call it is in place for people who don't work, won't work and think it is their godden given right to have money off the state. This is entirely a different matter.

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Montaigne says...
7:39pm Fri 7 Sep 12

Farmhouse France wrote:
I take responsibility for my own problems and so do most other people I know. What we are saying here is that if you are ill or hurt and vulnerable then the ambulance service will not arrive promptly. 'Nanny State' as you call it is in place for people who don't work, won't work and think it is their godden given right to have money off the state. This is entirely a different matter.
What a load of old ****. Just wait until a close relative of yours needs an ambulance in an emergency or better still you need an ambulance in an emergency and than see how your cavalier attitude changes.

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Farmhouse France says...
10:46pm Fri 7 Sep 12

You seemed to have missed my point montaigne.

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