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999 operators 'are playing God'

PostPosted: 14 Jan 2015, 10:26
by annie
999 operators 'are playing God': Ambulance chiefs rule call-outs to sickest patients are non-urgent
Report revealed ambulances are being held back from terminally ill patients
Thousands of 999 calls downgraded meaning ambulance turned up late
Some 57 patients died after ambulances arrived too late, report reveals
Revelation buried in a report into the East of England ambulance service
Labour's Andy Burnham blamed crisis on growing pressure on A&E
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Labour were scoring 'political points'


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Re: 999 operators 'are playing God'

PostPosted: 14 Jan 2015, 17:48
by Rosalind
That is terrible, no one has the right to play God with people's lives.

Re: 999 operators 'are playing God'

PostPosted: 14 Jan 2015, 18:13
by maureenho
I heard on the radio today that people who phone 111 are just told to go to A&E.