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News Release 19th April 2006MICHAEL FABRICANT MEETS STAFFORDSHIRE AMBULANCE PROTESTERS IN WESTMINSTERMichael Fabricant today met protesters from all over Staffordshire including paramedics and supporters who had come down to London to hand in a petition to the Department of Health demanding that the Staffordshire Ambulance not be merged into a west midlands regional service. "This is one of those rare occasions when, I believe, this issue is a matter of life and death" says Michael. "With the chance of being resuscitated from a heart attack by paramedics in Staffordshire being four and a half times greater than in the west midlands, the Government will have blood on its hands if it forces this merger through and we have to endure the end of our Staffordshire Ambulance Service.
"I cannot remember a time when all 12 Staffordshire MPs, regardless of political party, have been so united against the Government and its proposals. Many fear that the merger is a stitch up and will go ahead, regardless. I suspect this is true, but I still hope that the Government will see sense at the last minute. These plans for regionalisation are just pure dogma: they will not help the well being of people in Staffordshire. |
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