You'd Better Get Used To It - 17 June 2012
With the proposed and controversial closure of four local ambulance stations, sights like this although reflecting already established practice will, I imagine, become more common. The stations are closing for various reasons and are due to be replaced by a super-hub (located at the north end of Portsea Island). In order to maintain response times over what is a large area, ambulances will hold or, if you like, loiter in yet to be decided locations. It is, as I mention above, not uncommon now for vehicles to await calls at diverse spots but I am not sure that what will become an unavoidable practice improves operating or working conditions for our valued ambulance and paramedic staff.
This is South Central Ambulance Service Sprinter HX55KNR/SA417 waiting in West Street, Fareham on a Sunday lunchtime.
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You'd Better Get Used To It - 17 June 2012
With the proposed and controversial closure of four local ambulance stations, sights like this although reflecting already established practice will, I imagine, become more common. The stations are closing for various reasons and are due to be replaced by a super-hub (located at the north end of Portsea Island). In order to maintain response times over what is a large area, ambulances will hold or, if you like, loiter in yet to be decided locations. It is, as I mention above, not uncommon now for vehicles to await calls at diverse spots but I am not sure that what will become an unavoidable practice improves operating or working conditions for our valued ambulance and paramedic staff.
This is South Central Ambulance Service Sprinter HX55KNR/SA417 waiting in West Street, Fareham on a Sunday lunchtime.
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