Concern has expressed locally over ever-increasing ambulance response times. The national target is to respond in 75 per cent of cases of life-threatening cardiac or respiratory arrest, and 45% of cases of life-threatening illness or injury in just under 19 minutes. In this region, 65% and 45% of responses respectively were within target last year. Local Cllr and member of the Regional Health Forum West Paddy Farrell feels the issue needs to be addressed:
Cllr Farrell recounted one recent in the local area which highlights the current situation:
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