Bedford Ambulance 999 Call Center "Saved from Close" says the Union

Alice Cunningham

BBC News, Bedfordshire

The Bedford Emergency Operations Center in Hammond Road will remain open after previously exposed to the risk of closing

Steve Hubbard/BBC a Drone image of the Bedford Emergency Operations Center on Hammond Road. The red brick building is over two floors and has several cars parked outside a parking lot. — The Bedford Emergency Operations Center in Hammond Road will remain open after previously exposed to the risk of closing

An emergency call center 999 led by an ambulance service will remain open after a campaign, said a union.

Bedford Emergency Operations Center, led by the east of the Ambulance Service of England NHS Trust (EEAAST), was exposed to the risk of closing in September After it was found that the building is not in accordance with the “modern standards of the control room”.

The Board of Directors of East has now rejected the closure of the Hammond Road center, citing the potential damage to patients and the reputation of trust, according to GMB Union.

Labor deputy for Bedford and Kempston, Mohammad Yasin, as well as the GMB Union Regional Organizer, Donna Thomas, greeted the news.

Trust has been contacted for comments.

The three EASEST call centers take 3,600 emergency calls per day

The site deals with calls from Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and parts of Essex and Suffolk and hosts about 200 employees.

He also housed call manipulators for service 111 and the local patient transport service.

The confidence considered the closing of the site, its restoration or its redevelopment.

An E -mail sent to the staff also acknowledged that confidence recruited and trained more staff on his Norwich website, and Bedford workers were about to move to Chelmsford, to 48 km (77 km) or Norwich, to 146 km (146 km).

Marika Stephenson, Deputy Executive Director of trust, said at that time that confidence understood that it was “a worrying moment.”

“We reconditioning our call management centers in Norwich and Chelmsford to provide the best service to our patients and a modern work environment,” she said.

“However, the constraints of the Hammond Road building in Bedford means that it is very difficult to bring it to the modern standards of the control camera.”

The deputy of the work for Bedford and Kempston, Mohammad Yasin, said the news was a relief for staff

Pa Media Mohammad Yasin is illustrated speaking in the House of Commons. It has dark thin hair and wears a blue and gray suit with a white shirt underneath and a red tie. Other parliamentarians are illustrated by standing and listening behind. — The deputy of the work for Bedford and Kempston, Mohammad Yasin, said the news was a relief for staff

Yasin said he welcomed the Board of Directors and hoped that it means “a renewed commitment to the Bedford Emergency Control Center and so necessary investments.”

“Bedford is the busiest hub in East, and its closure would have had a significant impact on the region,” he added.

“Given how much overestimated the ambulance service is, the loss of a control room would have risked compromising the safety of the patients.”

Mrs. Thomas added: “We welcome the announcement that the EEST Board of Directors reconsidered the reckless proposal to close Bedford Eoc.

“The proposed closure would have had a serious effect on covering the ambulance throughout the region and would have threatened public safety.”