More lies on ambulance availability from Lisa Summers

I’m grateful to readers Bob Lamont and Alan Gordon this material. Today, BBC Scotland’s Lisa Summers wrote: Halfway through a Monday afternoon in mid-December, there were 14 ambulances queuing outside A&E at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary – over half of the available fleet at the city’s main ambulance station. https://archive.ph/REk7p#selection-405.0-405.198 Over half? There are 101 ambulances listed as based in Edinburgh: https://www.scottishambulance.com/media/rw1bpiuf/fleetlist0923.pdf Alan puts it clearly: “Half the fleet waiting at the hospital.” 14 ambulances! Left you with the impression that the other half, 14, were left to pick up every other patient.Half the fleet, really? Only 28 ambulances for the … Continue reading More lies on ambulance availability from Lisa Summers