it number calls d’ ambulance of help in England struck a high news, figures of l’ exposure of center of l’ information of NHS.
Il had there 6.3 million 999 calls in 2006/07 - the almost double number d’ calls received there are 10 ans.
En spite of 6.3% rises l’ previous year, to serve d’ team-member maintained their rate of response to the calls immediately representing a danger to the life within eight minutes.
Mais the representatives of the trade unions informed qu’ a higher number d’ calls placed l’ effort on infirmiers.
Under pressure
Le a d’ number; incidents immediately representing a danger to the life (named category A) in 2006/07 was 1.8 million - to the top of 9.4% out of 2005/06, when there were 1.6 million.
Le percentage of the latter occupied within 8 minute was 74.6% - the target of the government is 75%.
Le a number of patients really carried with l’ hospital because d’ a call 999 fell to approximately 70% from 73% in 2005/06, which is in conformity with the goal of the government to reduce the number of patients carried to l’ hospital for the treatment, and in the place treated with the scène.
La target for serious calls but not immediately representing a danger to the life of the category B - a vehicle d’ ambulance able to transport the patient within 19 minute, 95% of time - was missed, but s’ was improved on l’ year derniere.
Professor Denise Lievesley, tallies higher of the center of l’ information, known as: “It encourages to see that the ambulances continue to immediately maintain their rate of response to the calls representing a danger to the life. ”
Ministre Andy Burnham of health known as: “The service d’ ambulance and their personnel provide an excellent day of service inside, day dehors.
“Those more in danger are reached more quickly - almost 75% d’ calls of category A are reached within eight minute - and more lives are sauvées.
“In l’ the patient outline most recent, patients of 98% were satisfied of the service d’ ambulance - one of the highest estimates received by n’ import which service of NHS. ”
Concern
Riz of Steve, secretary general of l’ union of service d’ ambulance, known as: “The workload was assembled constantly during the 10 last years, but without l’ significant increase in the ressources.
“We would like to see an increase in the placement for the service d’ ambulance. ”
Il says many services chose d’ to use the cheaper and inefficient personnel d’ ambulance to drive the vehicle, meaning that only the one rather than two qualified male nurses would be on board of. It says this could potentially compromise the care patient.
SAM national Oestreicher of leader d’ unison known as: “This n’ is not ambulance simply of line of the face serves d’ team-member which is stretched; the essential personnel of support in the control room and are essential elsewhere while ensuring the service can answer l’ continuous and significant climbing in the d’ number; calls d’ urgency. ”
Il said qu’ one of the reasons of l’ increase can be changes with the cover of outside-of-hours. A new contract of general practitioner in 2004 had as consequence nine in 10 family practitioners leaving to provide the care of rond-le-horloge.
Mais a department of spokesman of health known as: “It n’ y has any obviousness that the changes with arrangements of outside-of-hours encouraged l’ increase of 999 appels.
“the beginning of the current tendency antedates the changes with arrangements of outside-of-hours.”
L’ introduction of l’ prohibition of nicotinism on July 1 could be a soft turn, national results d’ suggèrent.
Presque outline eight out of 10 people questioned said they were d’ agreement with particularly strongly prohibiting the nicotinism in the places publics.
Peupler the feeling about d’ to prohibit the nicotinism in the restaurants and around the children, l’ Annual office of l’ national survey of statistics trouvée.
Le department of health indicated that the conscience of l’ prohibition had increased considerably in the last mois.
Un total of 1.200 individuals in Great Britain above l’ age 16 years were indicated on their spending patterns of the tabac.
La research, 2006, the exposures one 77% people are in conformity with the legislation l’ prohibition smoking in the public places included - with 53% strongly supporting l’ interdiction.
Mais 15% indicated qu’ they were l’ against; prohibition of tabagisme.
Although 8% d’ adults in England and with the Country of Scales indicated they would less often visit publications when that l’ prohibition is in force, 15% indicated qu’ they would go more souvent.
La large majority of participants supported restrictions of nicotinism in the restaurants, the places of work and the places where the children were likely d’ to be, and two-third supported l’ prohibition in publications.
Sous the legislation, smoking will be interdict in the stores, the offices, the factories, the publications, the coffees, the restaurants, the clubs d’ adhesion, public transport, and of the vehicles of work used by more d’ a personne.
Quiting
Sept on 10 smokers indicated qu’ they would like to stop - a similar proportion with previous years - mainly for reasons of santé.
La majority of the smokers had tried to stop at a certain point and 51% had sought the council or l’ help to stop the nicotinism during the last année.
Les figures come like the delegates during the annual meeting of l’ Scottish alliance of ordering of tobacco in Glasgow heard that too much d’ children are still exposed to smoke d’ occasion in the maison.
Les results of l’ ONS examine shown approximately 61% known as that the nicotinism n’ was not allowed in their house and 26% indicated qu’ it was allowed in some rooms or to some fois.
Et two-third indicated qu’ they would not smoke when they are in a room with a directing enfant.
Le of Martin Dockrell, policy and campaigns with l’ action on smoking and health said: “This confirms the results of vote which we have all the ressort.
“the totality of l’ England waits with interest on July 1 and we think qu’ there will be great advantages for many smokers who a long time tried to stop and will find it easier this time to stop for good. ”
Il said that l’ New York obviousness and d’ Ireland suggested d’ more; prohibitions of nicotinism presented by people in their house after prohibitions in the public places were put in place.
“What is really interesting of this figure is that new on 10 people already free rules of smoke in their houses have. ”
Le minister of public health, flint of Caroline said that the number of informed people of l’ prohibition of nicotinism had now reached 95%.
“a smokefree England will see the greatest simple improvement of the public health for a generation,” it s’ is ajouté.
Des “three quarters of people in England already choose not to smoke and almost three quarters of those which smoke, word qu’ they want to give up. A smokefree England will help to provide an environment of support for those which want to stop. ”
Mais Simon Clark, director of forest, said that the figures masked the fact that people supported some restrictions but not a pure.
prohibition “Much of people are ignorant way whose Draconian legislation is - large much of people always thinks that smoking will be allowed in publications which do not serve food or the private members of the clubs.
“Which people really want is a choice.”