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Press coverage
9th February 2010
Call for improvements to trauma care
Evening Star
More needs to be done to improve the trauma care service at Ipswich Hospital, it has been claimed today. Ben Gummer, the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Ipswich, said: “If you have a hub and spokes system, the district hospital (Ipswich) has got to be geared up to stabilise people before transportation. Transport needs to be better as we only have the air ambulance to rely on. The IT systems, in terms of transferring images from Ipswich to the trauma centres, are also inadequate. There must be investment in the spokes as well as the hub. This area definitely requires more attention.”
