Ambulance crews beat the snow (From Gazette)
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Ambulance crews beat the snow
8:45am Tuesday 7th February 2012 in Colchester
AMBULANCE response times during the weekend were the best in the history of the East of England Ambulance Service Trust during bad weather.
CEO Hayden Newton, who worked around the clock with colleagues to manage the 20 per cent rise in calls, said: “I am delighted that we are seeing the best performance for conditions of this kind since the trust was founded six years ago.
“Exceptionally hard work means we have been able to get the right treatment to patients who really needed us.”
Boris says...
11:22am Tue 7 Feb 12
Most of us would not like to be out all night, or even all day, in the freezing cold on dangerous roads. So let's give praise to all the emergency services, and the regular ones too, like the bin men, who do a magnificent job in these difficult conditions.