First responders: NWAS ‘got it wrong’ - Crewe Chronicle 5th November 2008

A HEALTH scrutiny panel has slammed ambulance chiefs’ ‘heavy handed’ approach to their plans to streamline the life-saving powers of first responders in Nantwich. A new report has been released containing a number of recommendations and while the report recognises North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) had no option other than to undertake a review of first responder schemes, it states: “NWAS has completely underestimated how CFR (Community First Responder) schemes are embedded within their local communities.

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