Member of Parliament for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart continues to put pressure on the Yorkshire Ambulance Service to improve the emergency ambulance response times in Holderness. Following concerns raised about the deployment of ambulance crews to other areas Mr Stuart submitted a second Freedom of Information request for clarification of the situation. Graham said, “The information shows that vehicles are being despatched out of area on a regular basis, but equally, crews are being sent from other areas to cover East Riding. “One of the greatest problems is that crews are being delayed handing patients over at hospital. This unacceptable delay forces the ambulance service to spread their resources thinly whilst crews are held up. “Since the introduction of the new GPs contracts by the Labour Government many doctors’ surgeries have opted out of out of hours care, this has seen a huge rise in the number of people who are attending accident and emergency units across the country. The service is now struggling to cope under the immense pressure. “We have to regain control of the situation and I have written to the Chief Executive of Hull & East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust to seek a solution to…
