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Cash injections can work wonders

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

IT JUST goes to show what a rare outbreak of financial common sense can achieve, even in these straitened times . . .

North West Ambluance Service has second longest response times for life threatening calls in England

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

MERSEYSIDE’S ambulance service has some of the longest response times for emergency calls, according to new NHS figures.

Revealed: Full details of Merseyside's 'dirty' ambulances

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:24:00 GMT

FULL details of how dirty ambulances are in Merseyside have been released today.

Further hygiene steps for Merseyside ambulances as damning report due

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:10:00 GMT

MERSEYSIDE’S ambulance service has introduced new hygiene measures, just days before a damning report is due from a health regulator.

Taxi convoy in Southport joins call for return of children’s A&E

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:00:00 GMT

A FLEET of taxis held a “go slow” in protest at the lack of child health services in Southport, following the death of a baby boy.

Coroner calls on health bosses for information about death of 4-day-old Southport baby

Liverpool Daily Post — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:39:00 GMT

A CORONER may summon ambulance and hospital chiefs to answer questions over the death of a baby boy.

Injured paramedic backs pub ban on attackers

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 06:57:00 GMT

A PARAMEDIC has spoken out about being attacked by the brother of an assault victim he was trying to help.

More staff vital to cut taxi bill

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:00:00 GMT

THE amount being spent on taxis for patients by the North West Ambulance Service is nothing sort of astonishing. More than £300,000 has been sucked from the budget to pay for taxis for patients, as there are not enough drivers for the service’s own vehicles.

Staff shortage forced Merseyside’s ambulance service to spend £35,000 on taxis in just one month

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT

MERSEYSIDE’S ambulance service spent £35,000 on taxis in just one month – because it did not have enough staff to man its own vehicles.

Ambulances kept waiting at hospitals

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:00:00 GMT

MORE than 6,000 cases of ambulance crews spending up to an hour at North West hospitals waiting to hand over patients to casualty departments were recorded last year.