All North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust articles – Page 6
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HSJ Local
NW Ambulance service recovers response times, but remains unlikely to hit 2010-11 target
PERFORMANCE: The trust’s response times for “Category A” calls improved in January, after they plummeted under major pressures over Christmas and New Year, but it remained unhopeful it could meet its target for the year.
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CommentTargets in sharp focus for the North West
The Department of Health might appear to hate targets these days, but you could be forgiven for thinking the news has not travelled north.
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HSJ Local
Ambulance turnaround times rise to nearly two hours at Tameside Hospital FT over Christmas
PERFORMANCE: Ambulance turnaround times at the Tameside General Hospital over Christmas and New Year were among the worst in the North West, the ambulance service reported.
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HSJ Local
North West Ambulance Service battered by 999 calls surge, snow, and slow hospitals
PERFORMANCE: An unprecedented surge of emergency calls over Christmas and New Year has left the trust with huge challenges in meeting its Category A response times target for 2010/11.
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NewsCumbrian ambulance staff offered counselling
Ambulance staff who attended the crime scenes after the shootings in west Cumbria will be offered a counselling service to cope with the aftermath of the event, the ambulance service said.