Ambulance targets not reason for cuts in valleys

aberfireman

Surely Trish Law realises there haven't been any ambulances at Aberbeeg station for over 2 1/2 years?

They've been based at Abertillery fire station for quite some time now.

Picky I know but its not exactly a minor detail is it?

And the ambulances are never in the area anyway.

Carolyn

I did not know that ambulances were no longer based at Aberbeeg until a few months ago neither does a good few other people. I would not know if they were in the area or not as I don't frequent the back of the firestation on a regular basis.

In all fairness judging by the quality of the local press reporting Trish Law probably has been misquoted anyway. The ambulances are probably quoted as being the Aberbeeg based station no matter where they are now parked since they have been in Aberbeeg for so many years. It would be a lot easier to refere to the staion as Aberbeeg based in a press release then to go into a long drawn out expalntion as to why they are no longer based at Aberbeeg and where they are based now.

School hill on station hill is almost often refered to as school hill by local people, I noticed someone using the term on another thread even though there has been no school there in years.

aberfireman

Good to see an article regarding this issue in this weeks Gazette, featuring Trish Law pictured outside Abertillery Fire Station, and they still refer to Aberbeeg!

Top notch journalism that.

Carolyn

Fight to keep fleet intact

Mrs Law, who has twice written to the health minister about her concerns regarding ambulance delays, said she welcomed the news but still feared for the future of Blaenau Gwent’s ambulance fleet.

The Gazette previously reported how one of Blaenau Gwent’s three ambulances, stationed in Aberbeeg and Tredegar, may be moved away to prioritise other areas.

“I don't want the minister’s announcement to be used as an excuse to withdraw one of Aberbeeg’s two ambulances.

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/ne...keep-fleet-intact-91466-20349067/

It is Blaenau Gwent's ambulance fleet no matter where they are parked, don't see any real reason to be pedantic about it.

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Oh well the Police Station at Abertillery is more or less 9 - 5, sadly the Fire Station has been reduced to retained status. Does this come as so much a suprise that we may loose and Emergency Ambulance from Abertillery (Aberbeeg)? , No doubt this has something to do with some sort of cost effective penny wise pound foolish scheme.
If Edwina Hart wants to do something constructive for the N H S she needs to get SHOT of all the LHBs (Local Health Boards) , 5 in Gwent alone, so many people doing the exact same pupose jobs, the cost somewhere in the region of £250,000 each LHB, and divert the cost of these ineffective talking shops to frontline "IMPORTANT" services like the Ambulance and A & E depts;-

jools

That's the problem with most public services these days......more bean counters (administrators like health boards etc) than bean producers Sad

Ambulance targets not reason for cuts in valleys

Ambulance Targets