howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#1
i raised this issue many months back and it has resurfaced again on kent online.
our paramedics here in dover will in future have to start and finish their shifts in ashford.
morale is low with staff that use public transport facing big problems in getting to and from ashford at awkward times.
bearing in minds that they then have to fit in a 12 hour shift between the two journeys they will hardly be on their best form.
bad news for the paramedics and bad news for patients.
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#2
Howard read back I was saying that some weeks ago and that it is the same for Margate,I am at this time taking it up with the trust.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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#3
Why do paramedics do a 12 hour shift most people in full time employment work an 8 hour shift.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#4
they just do fewer days with hours condensed, much like stagecoach buses and the ferry companies.
#5
Lots of care staff work 12 hour shifts its a very common practice
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Guest 697- Registered: 13 Apr 2010
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#6
Sounds completely crazy, but nothing surprises me nowadays. Given the current state of the M20/A20 at the Roundhill Tunnels, I hope they leave plenty of time to get to work! It looks like the ambulance service is going the same way as the hospitals, located miles away from where people actuallly need them. I have always had concerns about the effect of such changes on the ability of the emergency services to deal with a major incident in East Kent.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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#7
The trouble with so many plans for various things is they are thought up in some office miles away from the area concerned.
Somebody looks at a map and says 'Ashford is not far from Dover, they can use the motorway so no problems there'. These faceless planners never visit the area concerned to see if the plan is feasible and never consult those at ground level those who have to carry out the new 'brilliant' ideas.
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Keith Sansum1
- Location: london
- Registered: 25 Aug 2010
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#8
lots of plans keep on being pushed by the emergency services, such as those howard states, plus amalgamating police/ambulance facililities(shared)working closer together,
Many ambulances already don't use stations that much. and spend a lot of time parked up around the area waiting a call
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Guest 715- Registered: 9 Jun 2011
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#10
Every public service is suffering the same, the staff under intolerable pressure and the public not getting the service they deserve, it will only get worse.
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#11
the a20 being blocked this week didnt help matters this week either.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#12
I saw that in the local paper; Nigel had witnessed a lady collapse on the seafront, an ambulance was called and one arrived 20 minutes later.
I do find this surprising as there are now satellite ambulance stations off of Folkestone Road and at Whitfield and it shouldn't take 20 minutes from either point.
Roger
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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#13
From Howard's link..."Most ambulances for Dover leave from Ashford, where on a typical day 13 vehicles are stationed alongside five rapid response cars."
They seem to rely more on the fast response cars that carry a lot of emergency equipment with ambulances then transporting people to hospital if needed.
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#14
The ambulances leave from Ashford and go to their designated satellite points - there's two in Dover.
From the emergency calls received, the control centres are able to determine if a rapid response or an ambulance is required.
I've visited the Ambulance station at Ashford and it is a very efficient service - sometimes, sadly, things don't always go according to plan.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#15
correct roger,like the main routes are blocked by snow or lorries,then nothing moves for days.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#17
The medical director falling on his sword with no sign of improvement in performance in sight. The paramedics suffering from poor leadership.
http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/health/15007418.Struggling_ambulance_trust_suffers_blow_with_departure_of_medical_director/