Nantwich’s medical emergency technician fears he has come to the end of his battle to have his ability to respond on blue lights restored.
Gavin Palin told town councillors he has reached a stalemate in his fight with North West Ambulance Service, who withdrew his ability to respond to emergencies under blue lights.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter.
Cheshire East councillors appeared bemused after quizzing North West Ambulance Service bosses over why an experienced life-saving volunteer medic has been stopped from driving to emergencies on blue lights.
Gavin Palin has been with the ambulance service in Nantwich for 23 years and has responded to life-threatening calls, such as cardiac arrests, on blue lights for the past two decades.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
The family of a boy whose life was saved by the rapid response of a Nantwich volunteer medic has urged ambulance chiefs to reverse their decision to stop him driving to emergencies on blue lights.
Emergency medical technician Gavin Palin took just minutes, driving through the busy Nantwich traffic, to get to three-year-old Matthew Anderson who had suffered a cardiac arrest in a town centre shop.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
Ambulance chiefs have stopped an experienced volunteer life-saving medic in Nantwich from driving to emergencies on blue lights, sparking fears the time delay could cost lives.
Gavin Palin has been with the ambulance service in Nantwich for 23 years and has responded to life-threatening calls, such as cardiac arrests, on blue lights in the area for the past two decades.
Work to convert a well known Nantwich pub into a funeral parlour has been completed.
The former Rifleman pub on James Hall Street has been transformed over the past 14 months into a new home for Gavin Palin Funeral Directors.
By Belinda Ryan, local democracy reporter
A former Nantwich pub looks set to be converted into a funeral directors with a self-contained flat above.
The Rifleman on James Hall Street closed earlier this year after the landlords announced they had to call time on the pub because it was no longer financially viable.
Funeral directors said “significant delays” at hospital and the coroner’s office in Cheshire mean they have been unable to set a funeral date for Michael “Flash” Meakin.
Recycling legend “Flash” died nearly two weeks, sparking thousands of tributes for a man well known over the past 50 years for collecting cans and metal in his handcart.
A gang of youths, some as young as 14, launched a horrific attack on a young man in Nantwich after he had asked them to stop throwing stones.
The 20-strong gang turned on their 23-year-old victim outside 1st Stop in Beam Street, knocking him to the ground and kicking and punching him.
Nantwich’s two Ambulance First Responders have won a national 2017 Community Hero award.
Gavin Palin and Max Kelly were stunned to discover they had been nominated – and even more so when organisers called to say they had won.
Nantwich’s two Ambulance First Responders have been shortlisted in the national 2017 Community Hero awards.
Gavin Palin and Max Kelly were stunned when they discovered they had been nominated for the award.
A carer from Nantwich has praised the public and the town’s First Responder after he collapsed during a walk around Nantwich Lake. The man, who cares for his elderly mother, suffered a serious blackout on a footpath by the lake on Easter Sunday.
More lives are being saved in and around Nantwich after a campaign to improve ambulance response times in the town. Latest figures show 80% of category A calls are being reached within the eight-minute later – up from just 55% 18 months ago.
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