P-06-1273 Drastically reduce waiting times for ambulances and at A&E departments

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This petition was submitted by Christopher Evans, having collected a total of 262 signatures.

Text of Petition:                    

My father had to wait 13 hours after suffering from a serious stroke. Part of the problem was ambulances stuck at A&E departments for several hours waiting to offload patients. Lack of beds and staff have been quoted as a cause. As a result of the long wait my father's chances of recovery have been reduced.

Additional Information:

A news story was run on BBC Wales Today, BBC radio Wales and BBC Wales website. Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed time scales with BBC news and apologised. I am waiting for response from ambulance service and call logs.

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 21/11/2022.

The Committee considered the petition and because of the detailed inquiry and report recently published by the Health and Social Care Committee and the Welsh Government’s acceptance in principle of all the recommendations, Members agreed that many of the issues raised in the petition and subsequent comments have been addressed. The Committee therefore agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner for highlighting this serious matter.

In doing so, the Committee agreed to highlight the Health and Social Care Committee’s inquiry to the petitioner.

Full details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above. It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 23/05/2022.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Cynon Valley
• South Wales Central

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