Question reference: S2W-25540
- Asked by: Maureen Watt, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 2 May 2006
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Current status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 May 2006
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what plans there are to reduce ambulance cover in rural towns and villages in Aberdeenshire and Moray and which communities will be affected by any such plans.
Answer
The Scottish AmbulanceService constantly monitors its performance to ensure that resources meetdemand. There are no plans to reduce ambulance cover. The North East Divisionof the Scottish Ambulance Service, which covers Aberdeenshire and Moray, is tryingto reduce on-call working by providing full-time resources which will enable itto meet demand and to respond faster to life threatening calls. In the lastyear, the ambulance service has introduced 24 hour working in Inverurie, Banff andPeterhead.