Issue - meetings

Report of the North West Ambulance Service

Further to Minute Number 4 of the meeting held on 18^th June, Ian Moses, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust (NWAS), attended the meeting, to present an update report on the North West Ambulance Service.

The report described to the Committee the way North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) Paramedic Emergency Services (PES) are delivered in Sefton, including 999 demand, call prioritisation and sorting, response time performance and operational challenges affecting these functions.

Members of the Committee asked questions/raised matters on the following issues:

·       Response times data

·       The number of mental health calls and the impact these have on the service in terms of hours spent on a call and the number of incidents attended by the Mental Health Car.

·       Clarification on the data for category 2, 3 and 4 calls

·       The likely impact of winter on the ambulance service

·       The Patient Transport Service

·       Work to reduce handover waiting times at hospitals

·       Calls to falls patients and the details of any work being done with care homes and carers to prevent falls and to lift people who have fallen.

·       Appreciation and thanks to the staff and service.

RESOLVED:

(1)  That the report be noted, and Ian Moses be thanked for his attendance.

(2)  That the Committee would like to receive a report annually from the North West Ambulance Service

(3)  That a Committee visit to the North West Ambulance Service headquarters be arranged.