Last week, Richard was pleased to host a very productive meeting between East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) and Riseley Parish Council to help resolve issues affecting the work of Community First Responders (CFR) in Riseley, which have been causing so many concerns.
The issues arose from a transition plan toward a new national emergency response network which is scheduled for completion in 2029.
In the interim, the East of England Ambulance Service has been transferring all CFR teams across East Anglia to devices that use the O2 network. The difficulty in Riseley is that the O2 signal is weak and volunteers are worried that this may result in the loss of important emergency alerts.
Richard Fuller MP said:
Following a very productive meeting for all those involved, EEAST and Riseley PC have agreed a monitored period of testing while continuing to send alerts to devices that use the EE network as well as the new O2 device.
If there is evidence of failure of the O2 device during the monitored period, Riseley CFR will be given new radio based devices until the full transition in 2029.
I understand that the defibrillator in Bletsoe required replacement, and I am pleased that EEAST has agreed to provide a new one.
I am grateful to Neil Moloney, Chief Executive of EEAST for his plan and to Riseley PC for agreeing this very pragmatic way forward and I am aware that the PC and EEAST are in the process of arranging a meeting to discuss this further.
