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Ambulance targets missed

Response targets have been missed for thirteen months in a row according to figures released today.

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Sceptical opposition welcome for ambulance cash

Opposition parties in the Assembly have reacted with scepticism to the Welsh Government's announcement of £9.5m investment to upgrade Wales' ambulance fleet. The Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Kirsty Williams called the spending 'a fig-leaf' to distract from Labour's 'poor record' with the service.

Of course the money is welcome, but it can’t be allowed to be a distraction from the bigger issues our ambulance service is facing.

This is a spinning technique that is often used by the Welsh Labour Government – they announce some money to make the headlines so that their failures aren’t discussed. This time the people of Wales won’t be duped by their smoke and mirror techniques. For too long, the handling of our ambulance service has been appalling.

– Kirsty Williams AM, Welsh Liberal Democrat Leader

Conservative Darren Millar, the Shadow Health Minister, echoed that saying that the service needs more ambulances, more paramedics and a greater role for the air ambulance. He said,

Throwing money at a problem without doing anything else won't make a blind bit of difference.

– Darren Millar AM, Shadow Health MInister

Assembly Members will discuss the McLelland report into the problems facing the Ambulance service during a government debate in the Senedd this afternoon.

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