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alanbjames · 22-12-2014, 03:46

The response time here in Neath\Swansea is meant to be 6 minutes from call to ambulance getting there.

I was chatting to a friend of mine who is a Paramedic and another guy who is a Coast Guard in the Gower in Swansea and they were saying that the responce times are unrealistic.

The Coast Guard was saying he rang for an ambulace in the summer after a lady passed out on the beach and hit her head on rocks cutting it. The Air ambulance was unavailable and they dispatched an Ambulance from the Main hospital in Swansea which is the other side of Swansea which was meant to get there in 6 mins. I know they have a siran and traffic give way but its impossible in 6 mins. Under normal circumstances by car u r talking a 45 min drive.

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alanbjames R.I.P. Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Swansea, South Wales UK. Age: 74 Services: XL Phone, XXXL Gig1 BB SH4 (wired). Posts: 2,753	Re: Emergency A&E/Ambulance service debate The response time here in Neath\Swansea is meant to be 6 minutes from call to ambulance getting there. I was chatting to a friend of mine who is a Paramedic and another guy who is a Coast Guard in the Gower in Swansea and they were saying that the responce times are unrealistic. The Coast Guard was saying he rang for an ambulace in the summer after a lady passed out on the beach and hit her head on rocks cutting it. The Air ambulance was unavailable and they dispatched an Ambulance from the Main hospital in Swansea which is the other side of Swansea which was meant to get there in 6 mins. I know they have a siran and traffic give way but its impossible in 6 mins. Under normal circumstances by car u r talking a 45 min drive.