Recurance · prevention of future deaths reports
Pre-inquest brief
Delayed ambulance dispatch due to insufficient resources
The earlier warning
Ronald Hamer · 20 Apr 2016 · Graeme Hughes, South Wales Central
“As against an internal Welsh Ambulances Services Trust response target time for an Amber 2 call of 20 minutes, an ambulance did not arrive at the scene for nearly 2 hours and 40 minutes.”
judiciary.uk/prevention-of-future-death-reports/ronald-hamer
What was promised
A published response was found, but no specific action could be extracted with a verified quote.
What recurred
- 22 Feb 2024 · Joseph Cattle · Gavin Knox · Closely related · confidence 0.85 (high)
The clearest link, quoted from both reports:
Earlier · Ronald Hamer · 20 Apr 2016
“As against an internal Welsh Ambulances Services Trust response target time for an Amber 2 call of 20 minutes, an ambulance did not arrive at the scene for nearly 2 hours and 40 minutes.”
Later · Joseph Cattle · 22 Feb 2024
“Welsh Ambulance Service Trust were unable to allocate an available ambulance resource in an Amber 1 category call until over 6 hours from the time of the 999 call;”
What happened next
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