what sort of parent times an ambulance journey when their child is so sick???and why are they happy for their child to be moved???my son had meningitus at 10weeks 16 years ago and was VERY WELL CARED FOR AT OUR LOCAL HOSPITAL!!if he was moved I would of been very angry.Lets hope this lady is happy to have her next baby their abd any other health problems her children have at stoke!!

Sorry... I can't believe door 2 door in 15 minutes.
the distance between the 2 is 15.5 miles, most of which is either poor quality or residential i.e. 30mph limit (I do know ambulances can go over 30 WHEN safe to)this means you have to AVERAGE 60mph to make the journey.
Sorry, no way will I ever believe that trip can be done SAFELY in that time, if they do do it in 15-20 minutes its only a matter of time before we hear of an ambulance accident..... (distance obtained via this link... http://www.multimap.
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I am very pleased that all worked out fine for Kim and baby daughter despite what must have been a VERY fast ride in an ambulance. as pointed out in an another comment the distance is 15.3 miles. 15 mins journey time means therefore 60mph all the way with no stops. If any stops were encountered this speed would have to increase in direct proportion to the time lost. I guess 70 - 80 mph at times were reached. Lucky no one was killed this time - that would be down to the commensurate skill of our ambulance men (but even they admit it is extremely difficult to carry out any trauma treatment in the back of a fast moving vehicle! Also it is not surprising that Kim's daughter received first class service from the 1st line workers in the NHS. They too are true professionals - it is the management of the NHS that lets them and us down. They chase unrealistic targets to show how 'good' they are and lose sight of their 'Raison D'etre' - which is to serve the local community and to take notice of what the local community wants. We do not want a high speed ambulance ride to Stoke when we could be treated/stabilised at Wycombe and, once stabilised, have a quieter, safer trip to a specialist hospital.
What sort of travel times would there be for the same trip when all traffic has been diverted off of the M40 due to an incident. The whole area becomes grid locked! Ambulances can't fly yet and Helicopters are few and far between and cost a lot of money. Money maybe better spent on local care?

My wife and I both travelled by car today (a Sunday) to see how long the journey would take us between Wycombe hospital and Stoke Mandeville. It took us 26 minutes, on very quiet Sunday evening roads. Quite frankly the idea of an ambulance having to make that journey under normally busy conditions, whilst looking after a potentially critically ill patient, appalls us. My wife had a very serious condition requiring urgent surgical attention four years ago, and we were lucky enough to have access to the right team at Wycombe. I couldn't agree more with the previous respondent who points out, quite rightly, that for an ambulance to cover 15.5 miles of often slow roads in 15 minutes, then it can only be a matter of time before a serious road accident occurs. Once again, the bean-counters and bureaucrats have ridden rough-shod over the feelings and needs of local people and consigned common sense to the rubbish bin.

You drivers are very lucky. My daughter was admitted to Stoke Mandeville 2 weeks ago, for a week. Every day it took us 2 hours to travel there and 2 hours to travel back, by bus and the cost was £20 per day.
I personally am so glad that I am not a young person, for their lives, in many prospects, scares me!!
I find it hard to believe we live in 2008. It is what I imagined it to be in the early 1900's !!!

This is rubbish
I live in Aylesbury, used to live in Wycombe, there is no way you can do the journey from hospital to hospital in 15 minutes, it is impossible!

i agree about the timing of this journey.. it cant be done reasonably in 15 minutes, i got told by a paramedic, that with blues and twos going it took him 40 minutes to complete...some one is pulling our leg with this 20 minute stuff