Health

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:56 pm on 20 December 2012.

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Photo of Peter Aldous Peter Aldous Conservative, Waveney 12:56, 20 December 2012

I am grateful to my hon. Friend Dr Coffeyfor raising the issue and to my hon. Friend the Minister for responding. Having been out with the ambulance service, I have two observations. First, does the Minister agree that we have tremendous, dedicated staff and that we owe it to them to work with the management and others to get the service right? Secondly, the problems facing the service are diverse and multiple, but they can be solved with a lot of effort. For example, on the particular problem of blocking at hospitals and handing over to them, James Paget hospital in Galston has shown that, when the hospital and ambulance service work together, the problem can be solved.