Health leaders have joined together to urge the public to do their bit after a third wave of infections brought a challenge on a scale that we haven’t seen before . The first week in January was Cumbria’s worst week for new Covid-19 infections with 3,499 across the county, which has brought extraordinary pressure on health and care services that has never been experienced before. As well as a tripling of people needing hospital treatment for coronavirus in the last three weeks, the very high level of infection in the community is also having an impact on staffing in all sectors due to the number needing to self-isolate.
Drugs which were stolen from an ambulance could be extremely dangerous if misused, the ambulance service has warned. The North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) issued the warning after a suspected burglary at the ambulance station in Ulverston. Police are investigating a report that the Victoria Road base was burgled in a late-night raid. Officers said medication was stolen in the incident that occurred between 11.30pm on January 17 and the early hours of January 18. The controlled drugs taken from the ambulance included morphine and diazepam. A spokesperson from the North West Ambulance Service said: “In the early hours of January 18, controlled drugs, including morphine and diazepam, are believed to have been stolen from an ambulance at our Ulverston station.
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Covid-19 pressure has been cited as a reason for lengthening waiting times STROKE victims are having to wait more than an hour to be seen by paramedics in some cases in the north west. The response times were highlighted at a recent council meeting, where one member labelled the result as worrying for residents in Cheshire West and Chester. Yesterday evening (January 18), North West Ambulance Service’s (NWAS) 2019/20 quality accounts were presented at a meeting of CWAC’s health scrutiny committee. Cllr Eveleigh Moore Dutton, representing Tarporley, said it was ‘worrying’ that ‘the response time to strokes… was roughly 90 minutes’.
Covid-19 pressure has been cited as a reason for lengthening waiting times STROKE victims are having to wait more than an hour to be seen by paramedics in some cases in the north west. The response times were highlighted at a recent council meeting, where one member labelled the result as worrying for residents in Cheshire West and Chester. Yesterday evening (January 18), North West Ambulance Service’s (NWAS) 2019/20 quality accounts were presented at a meeting of CWAC’s health scrutiny committee. Cllr Eveleigh Moore Dutton, representing Tarporley, said it was ‘worrying’ that ‘the response time to strokes… was roughly 90 minutes’.