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5 Live Investigates: Ambulances and Leaseholder Bills

10/04/2016

Ambulances and Leaseholder Bills

BBC Radio 5 Live - 5 Live Investigates, Ambulances and Leaseholder Bills

Why are serious incidents, some affecting patient safety, rising in the ambulance service?

Asking if there is a link between an increase in serious untoward incidents which require investigation in the ambulance service and sickness absence due to stress.

With demand for emergency care on the rise, can the ambulance service cope? A rise in serious untoward incidents, some of which affect patient safety suggests the service is under strain. And new figures show the proportion of ambulance staff taking stress leave continues to rise. How are ambulance trusts responding to the growing pressure?
And, some home owners who bought council flats under the right to buy scheme say they are facing unexpected maintenance bills running into thousands of pounds.

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