Crewe and Nantwich MP Edward Timpson Introduces A New Bill In The House Of Commons (From Crewe Guardian)

Crewe and Nantwich MP Edward Timpson Introduces A New Bill In The House Of Commons

12:52pm Tuesday 2nd February 2010 in

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SOUTH Cheshire MP Edward Timpson has brought in a Bill to the House of Commons to ensure people have better access to local ambulance response times.

This follows his successful joint campaign with Nantwich politicians and residents to achieve better ambulance services for the town and its surrounding villages.

Currently ambulance trusts are only required to give regional statistics for their performance, but Mr Timpson's Bill would require them to publish these statistics by postcode on the web.

This is as a result of very poor response times, uncovered by Mr Timpson through Freedom of Information requests, for places like Audlem, being masked by good response times in major urbean areas when an average is taken.

Identifying these gaps in service can help residents and ambulance trusts direct future ambulance services to better meet their needs, as with the new ambulance for the Nantwich area from March this year.

Mr Timpson said: “The Nantwich First Responders campaign has shown me how ambulance trusts need to be far more transparent, so that the public know how they are really performing in their area.

"NWAS has admitted to be that this local performance data can be provided at the touch of a button, and we have already seen how that has helped us identify and resolve serious problems.

"The rest of the country should now benefit from our experience in Nantwich."