William Watson

19 Jul 2018 · Coroner Andrew Cox · Cornwall & Isles of Scilly

The coroner's concerns

1. insufficient ambulance resources
“Emergency ambulance transport | asked to be shown, in confidence, the correspondence that has passed between the NHS Dorset CCG and SWAST touching on the current lack of resource”
2. lack of high dependency transport capacity
“High Dependency Transport | heard that the only provider of this service in Cornwall is Lifestar”
3. non-compliant non-emergency transfer service
“Non-emergency transfers | was told at inquest that this service, commissioned by NHS Kernow, was being provided by a company called Ezec”