Ambulances can get to Stoke Mandeville in less than 20 minutes (From Bucks Free Press)

Ambulances can get to Stoke Mandeville in less than 20 minutes

12:08pm Friday 11th July 2008 in

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RE: "Councillors hit out at NHS's 17-20 minute travel time estimate between two hospitals" (Bucks Free Press print edition of June 13).

YOUR report on June 13 revealed that leading councillors branded an NHS claim that emergency ambulances will take 17 to 20 minutes to travel from Wycombe to Stoke Mandeville Hospital as "amazing" and "unbelievable".

For the record, here are some facts in the form of two recent examples that prove this claim is entirely possible: On June 8, my ten-week-old daughter was transferred from Wycombe to Stoke Mandeville Hospital with suspected meningitis. The door-to-door ambulance journey took just 15 minutes.

Some two weeks later we were again transported by ambulance - this time from home in High Wycombe to Stoke Mandeville Hospital. This journey also took less than 20 minutes.

In addition, it may reassure your readers to know that every aspect of our care from both hospitals and ambulance teams was utterly superb.

It is clear that ambulance staff, Wycombe A&E staff and the team working on the children's ward at Stoke Mandeville Hospital are compassionate and determined to ensure that the highest standards are maintained.

Kim Pearce, Lime Avenue, High Wycombe