A three-day 'watershed' review over the Shropshire's ambulance crisis is to take place.
Shropshire Council's cabinet was told that the review would focus on three elements – but that the authority's performance scrutiny committee had stopped short of ordering a full inquiry into the issues.
There have been repeated instances of patients waiting more than 10 hours outside hospitals in the back of ambulances, and numerous cases of patients facing long waits for ambulance crews to arrive – some with tragic consequences. Councillors agreed in May to consider whether to hold an inquiry, Now Claire Wild, chair of the performance management scrutiny committee, has revealed the proposal has been rejected, but that an investigation of three areas of the issue will instead be carried out.
Councillor Wild said the committee will spend a day looking at each of the issues – one on prevention, primary care, and avoiding people requiring an ambulance, a second day on arrivals at A&E, the handover for treatment and access to beds, and a third on ensuring enough staff are available for 24-hour social care, with the availability of community beds to discharge patients."Labour group leader Councillor Julia Buckley welcomed the move but said speed was of the essence.
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