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The health minister with responsibility for ambulances has pledged to visit East Anglia to meet the bosses behind the region?s beleaguered ambulance trust.
But Lord Howe insisted a government decision to parachute in another chief executive to review the trust does not equate to a vote of no confidence in the current management of the East of England Ambulance Service.
He also revealed the Department of Health has had concerns about the under-performance of the ambulance service since last summer and said it simply has to get better.
Last Saturday the EDP demanded to know why Lord Howe had not stepped in to make vital changes to the much-criticised service and why he had yet to visit a region where the service he is responsible for is failing to hit response times.
Yesterday he confirmed he is planning to visit the region.
Lord Howe said: ?I have not been up yet but I have only had responsibility for emergency care since autumn.
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news...red_east_of_england_ambulance_trust_1_1980922
But Lord Howe insisted a government decision to parachute in another chief executive to review the trust does not equate to a vote of no confidence in the current management of the East of England Ambulance Service.
He also revealed the Department of Health has had concerns about the under-performance of the ambulance service since last summer and said it simply has to get better.
Last Saturday the EDP demanded to know why Lord Howe had not stepped in to make vital changes to the much-criticised service and why he had yet to visit a region where the service he is responsible for is failing to hit response times.
Yesterday he confirmed he is planning to visit the region.
Lord Howe said: ?I have not been up yet but I have only had responsibility for emergency care since autumn.
http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news...red_east_of_england_ambulance_trust_1_1980922