East Midlands Ambulance Service Debate
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Gloria De Piero
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East Midlands Ambulance Service
Gloria De Piero Excerpts(11 years, 9 months ago)
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Gloria De Piero (Ashfield) (Lab)
The loss of ambulance stations in semi-rural areas is a particular concern. The town of Eastwood in my constituency faces the loss of its ambulance station. Does my hon. Friend agree that closing an ambulance station cannot help already poor response times?
John Mann
The figures I have presented to the House show this in-built bias against rural and semi-rural areas, and, not least, former mining communities. We have the proposals to close Worksop and Retford ambulance stations and to have one hub in Ashfield’s King’s Mill hospital to serve my population. The population of Bassetlaw will have a parking lot with a potential portakabin under the original proposals.