Submitted on Tuesday 24th October 2017
Rejected on Monday 6th November 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Keep the Rapid Response Vehicle on Canvey Island, Essex
The rapid response vehicle that is tethered to Canvey Island is being axed and will no longer be based on the Island. This will cause longer waiting times for medical care at accidents and emergencies and could take 20 minutes for an ambulance to arrive for someone having a heart attack.
A family member recently suffered a heart attack at home on Canvey and the RRV arrived within 2 minutes. Emergency medical care was carried out and she was then taken to Basildon Hospital by ambulance. If this RRV had not arrived so promptly then sadly my sister would not be here today. By removing the RRV from Canvey it will leave the whole community of over 40,000 in a vulnerable position when waiting for the emergency services to arrive as they will be travelling from much further away.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
This would be a decision for the local NHS bodies, not the UK Government or Parliament.
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