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News Release 24th January 2007INQUIRY INTO STAFFS AMBULANCEReacting to the shock announcement that the Healthcare Commission are to conduct an Inquiry into the Staffordshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Michael Fabricant says: "This is an odd turn of events. Did the Chairman and Acting Chief Executive of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service know of the launch of this inquiry before they announced the return of some drugs to Community First Responders? The Commission claim they are responding to concerns 'from within the Trust, the West Midlands Strategic Health Authority, and other sources'. Who are the 'other sources' and who 'within the Trust' have expressed concern? Has the merger of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service into the West Midlands Ambulance Service opened a can of worms that will weaken still further the partnership - now more uneven than ever - promised by the Government between the West Midlands and Staffordshire Ambulance Services? Is it in the Government's interest to smear the performance of the Staffordshire Ambulance Service in order to ease its total absorption into the West Midlands Service? "I shall be meeting with Anthony Marsh, Chief Executive of the West Midlands Ambulance Service tomorrow (Thursday 25th January) to probe into these and other issues. I shall also be raising questions in the House of Commons." |
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