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Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg backs EDP Ambulance Watch campaign
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has lent his backing to the EDP Ambulance Watch campaign and urged readers to share their experiences of the service to create the ‘fullest possible picture’ of the problems in Norfolk.
Daniel Grimmer Wednesday, October 10, 2012
9:09 AM
The Liberal Democrat leader described the campaign as an example of exactly the sort of issue local newspapers should be tackling, during a visit to the county yesterday.
Mr Clegg was on private visits to Norfolk to meet Liberal Democrat members in north Norfolk and Norwich, and to lend support to two of his party’s MPs.
But, in an interview with the EDP, at the King’s Head pub in Letheringsett, he revealed the frustrations of being in a coalition government, how he believes a compromise can be reached on the so-called mansion tax, how he hopes Norwich South MP Simon Wright’s re-election chances will not be damaged by the tuition fees controversy and how he believes local newspapers have a crucial role to play in holding organisations to account.
Ambulance takes nearly two hours to reach woman injured on Sheringham
Ambulance chiefs are to investigate why an elderly woman lay bleeding badly from a head wound on Sheringham High Street for nearly two hours before a vehicle arrived to take her to hospital.
Alex Hurrell, Reporter Thursday, September 27, 2012
9:00 AM
Joan Newton, 82, remembers hearing a paramedic repeatedly phoning to find out where the ambulance had got to as she lay distressed, cold, her clothes soaked in blood, and fearing she had broken her neck.
But it was a St John Ambulance vehicle which finally arrived to take her to the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital where a deep gash in her head was stitched and she remained for two days and nights.
The East of England Ambulance Trust (EEAST) has said the incident happened at a busy time but a paramedic had arrived to care for Miss Newton within the 30-minute response time for a patient reported to be fully alert and breathing normally.
Norfolk minister: I’m committed to funding elderly care
Top Priority
by JOSEPH WATTS, Political editor Saturday, September 22, 2012
6:30 AM
Health minister and Norfolk MP Norman Lamb was left in a difficult position yesterday when his predecessor accused the Treasury of blocking reforms to the funding of elderly care.
The government is currently considering how it and individuals should pay for the burgeoning cost of care for the elderly in the future.
