>
>I hope you have involved the PCT commissioners and the
> Ambulance Services
>in
> your decisions, if they have not been funded for additional
> transfers
> under
> an SLA they will not be impressed and has the potential to
> affect their
> performance targets
>
Presumably the PCT were involved in the change to MIU in the first place and
considered the extra costs to the ambulance service as part of the overall
picture. Somewhat worrying if not.
> As Maurice has stated, absolutely necessary to ensure funding
> is there for
> an additional 24/7 ambulance transfer up to paramedic level.
Wouldn't funding to tech level work out as effective in terms of patient
care and slightly cheaper?
Matt Dunn
Warwick
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